Gospel preacher listed in Preachers of Today, Vol. 1, 1952, 210.
Alton Hooper Maner died May 20. He was born near Smyrna, Ga., March 24, 1906. The son of a rural preacher, he grew up on a farm in his native state. The Liberty Hill congregation near Mableton, Ga., was established by his father, and those brethren assisted young Maner in attending Freed-Hardeman College from which he was graduated in 1932. As an indication of his lasting gratitude he left his library to them. Later brother Maner received a degree from Springhill College in Mobile, Ala., and a master's degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Throughout his life A.H. Maner was committed to the work of the local congregation. His first work was in Mobile, Ala., where he began with a small number meeting on the second floor of a dance hall on the corner of Lawrence and Dauphin Streets. Brother Maner was just out of school, and he only had one suit. He said, "The church and I were just needy enough that we could fit one another perfectly." Maner baptized 400 people in Mobile, and the church was well-established by the time he left in 1941. Brother Maner next preached in Buffalo, N.Y. Later he went to Wheeling, W.Va.; San Antonio, Texas; Signal Mountain, Tenn.; and finally to Fairview in Stockbridge, Ga. A. H. Maner was a loving family man. He was married to Ruth Hudson in 1939. Their daughter, Joan (Mrs. Thayne McKnight) of Denver, Colo., blessed the Maners with three grandsons. Brother Maner was God's man wherever he went. He was a servant whose only ambition was to serve. During his last years and until his death he was an elder at Stockbridge. He was a good wrier as Gospel Advocate readers will recall. He preached in some hard fields in his early years, but I never heard him refer to that with any bitterness. He said, "The Lord has been generous with his gifts." It is to the credit of the brethren in Stockbridge that they assisted him during his last years. They blessed each other! Before his death he asked me to conduct his funeral. This was done in cooperation with David Decker, minister at Stockbridge, from the Harris A. Ward Funeral Home in Atlanta, May 22, and burial was in Denver, Colo. In a telephone conversation with me a few weeks before he died, brother Maner said, "I am getting ready for a change." Like Job, he waited patiently for that change (Job 14:14). As he lived, so he died in the Lord. (Picture included) --Ross W. Dye. Gospel Advocate, August 1, 1985, page 475.
Alton Hooper Maner died May 20. He was born near Smyrna, Ga., March 24, 1906. The son of a rural preacher, he grew up on a farm in his native state. The Liberty Hill congregation near Mableton, Ga., was established by his father, and those brethren assisted young Maner in attending Freed-Hardeman College from which he was graduated in 1932. As an indication of his lasting gratitude he left his library to them. Later brother Maner received a degree from Springhill College in Mobile, Ala., and a master's degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Throughout his life A.H. Maner was committed to the work of the local congregation. His first work was in Mobile, Ala., where he began with a small number meeting on the second floor of a dance hall on the corner of Lawrence and Dauphin Streets. Brother Maner was just out of school, and he only had one suit. He said, "The church and I were just needy enough that we could fit one another perfectly." Maner baptized 400 people in Mobile, and the church was well-established by the time he left in 1941. Brother Maner next preached in Buffalo, N.Y. Later he went to Wheeling, W.Va.; San Antonio, Texas; Signal Mountain, Tenn.; and finally to Fairview in Stockbridge, Ga. A. H. Maner was a loving family man. He was married to Ruth Hudson in 1939. Their daughter, Joan (Mrs. Thayne McKnight) of Denver, Colo., blessed the Maners with three grandsons. Brother Maner was God's man wherever he went. He was a servant whose only ambition was to serve. During his last years and until his death he was an elder at Stockbridge. He was a good wrier as Gospel Advocate readers will recall. He preached in some hard fields in his early years, but I never heard him refer to that with any bitterness. He said, "The Lord has been generous with his gifts." It is to the credit of the brethren in Stockbridge that they assisted him during his last years. They blessed each other! Before his death he asked me to conduct his funeral. This was done in cooperation with David Decker, minister at Stockbridge, from the Harris A. Ward Funeral Home in Atlanta, May 22, and burial was in Denver, Colo. In a telephone conversation with me a few weeks before he died, brother Maner said, "I am getting ready for a change." Like Job, he waited patiently for that change (Job 14:14). As he lived, so he died in the Lord. (Picture included) --Ross W. Dye. Gospel Advocate, August 1, 1985, page 475.
Gospel preacher listed in Preachers of Today, Vol. 1, 1952, 210.
Alton Hooper Maner died May 20. He was born near Smyrna, Ga., March 24, 1906. The son of a rural preacher, he grew up on a farm in his native state. The Liberty Hill congregation near Mableton, Ga., was established by his father, and those brethren assisted young Maner in attending Freed-Hardeman College from which he was graduated in 1932. As an indication of his lasting gratitude he left his library to them. Later brother Maner received a degree from Springhill College in Mobile, Ala., and a master's degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Throughout his life A.H. Maner was committed to the work of the local congregation. His first work was in Mobile, Ala., where he began with a small number meeting on the second floor of a dance hall on the corner of Lawrence and Dauphin Streets. Brother Maner was just out of school, and he only had one suit. He said, "The church and I were just needy enough that we could fit one another perfectly." Maner baptized 400 people in Mobile, and the church was well-established by the time he left in 1941. Brother Maner next preached in Buffalo, N.Y. Later he went to Wheeling, W.Va.; San Antonio, Texas; Signal Mountain, Tenn.; and finally to Fairview in Stockbridge, Ga. A. H. Maner was a loving family man. He was married to Ruth Hudson in 1939. Their daughter, Joan (Mrs. Thayne McKnight) of Denver, Colo., blessed the Maners with three grandsons. Brother Maner was God's man wherever he went. He was a servant whose only ambition was to serve. During his last years and until his death he was an elder at Stockbridge. He was a good wrier as Gospel Advocate readers will recall. He preached in some hard fields in his early years, but I never heard him refer to that with any bitterness. He said, "The Lord has been generous with his gifts." It is to the credit of the brethren in Stockbridge that they assisted him during his last years. They blessed each other! Before his death he asked me to conduct his funeral. This was done in cooperation with David Decker, minister at Stockbridge, from the Harris A. Ward Funeral Home in Atlanta, May 22, and burial was in Denver, Colo. In a telephone conversation with me a few weeks before he died, brother Maner said, "I am getting ready for a change." Like Job, he waited patiently for that change (Job 14:14). As he lived, so he died in the Lord. (Picture included) --Ross W. Dye. Gospel Advocate, August 1, 1985, page 475.
Alton Hooper Maner died May 20. He was born near Smyrna, Ga., March 24, 1906. The son of a rural preacher, he grew up on a farm in his native state. The Liberty Hill congregation near Mableton, Ga., was established by his father, and those brethren assisted young Maner in attending Freed-Hardeman College from which he was graduated in 1932. As an indication of his lasting gratitude he left his library to them. Later brother Maner received a degree from Springhill College in Mobile, Ala., and a master's degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Throughout his life A.H. Maner was committed to the work of the local congregation. His first work was in Mobile, Ala., where he began with a small number meeting on the second floor of a dance hall on the corner of Lawrence and Dauphin Streets. Brother Maner was just out of school, and he only had one suit. He said, "The church and I were just needy enough that we could fit one another perfectly." Maner baptized 400 people in Mobile, and the church was well-established by the time he left in 1941. Brother Maner next preached in Buffalo, N.Y. Later he went to Wheeling, W.Va.; San Antonio, Texas; Signal Mountain, Tenn.; and finally to Fairview in Stockbridge, Ga. A. H. Maner was a loving family man. He was married to Ruth Hudson in 1939. Their daughter, Joan (Mrs. Thayne McKnight) of Denver, Colo., blessed the Maners with three grandsons. Brother Maner was God's man wherever he went. He was a servant whose only ambition was to serve. During his last years and until his death he was an elder at Stockbridge. He was a good wrier as Gospel Advocate readers will recall. He preached in some hard fields in his early years, but I never heard him refer to that with any bitterness. He said, "The Lord has been generous with his gifts." It is to the credit of the brethren in Stockbridge that they assisted him during his last years. They blessed each other! Before his death he asked me to conduct his funeral. This was done in cooperation with David Decker, minister at Stockbridge, from the Harris A. Ward Funeral Home in Atlanta, May 22, and burial was in Denver, Colo. In a telephone conversation with me a few weeks before he died, brother Maner said, "I am getting ready for a change." Like Job, he waited patiently for that change (Job 14:14). As he lived, so he died in the Lord. (Picture included) --Ross W. Dye. Gospel Advocate, August 1, 1985, page 475.
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