Funeral services for Robert Allen “Jack” Manor, Sr., 92, of Hollandale will be at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 15, 2026, at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Greenville. There will be a visitation from noon until service time at the church. Burial will be in Hollandale City Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Leland.
Mr. Manor entered his heavenly home at 5:22 a.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2026, passing peacefully in his sleep in the critical care unit at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson.
He was born in Catchings (Delta City), MS, to William Lee and Eunice Read Allen. He graduated from Catchings High School and then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. After his discharge, he attended Hinds Junior College and then Mississippi State University, where he studied engineering. He was employed with the MS Department of Transportation, retiring in 1997 as an Engineer Technician. At his retirement, he was working as Superintendent of Maintenance over Washington, Leflore, and Sunflower counties.
He was a member of Darlove Baptist Church, where he served as a Deacon for many years.
On January 21, 1960, he married Evelyn Joan Hairston. She preceded him in death in 2004. He is also preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Jeanne Kimbrough, a brother, William Lee Manor, Jr., and a grandson, Robert A. ” Little Jack” Manor, III.
He is survived by a daughter, Cheryl M. (Rob) Smyly of Hollandale; two sons, Rev. Robert A. “Jack” (Gail) Manor of Hollandale and James Michael “Mike” (Donna) Manor of Lake Village, AR; seven grandchildren, Melissa Leigh Manor (John David) Wynne, Christin Brooke Manor (Parker) Frew, James Michael (Anna) Manor, Jr., Caleb Clark (Krystal) Manor, Jessica Lynn Smyly (Rob) Greenwald, Jennifer Layne Smyly (Ryan) Hoben and Robyn Nicole Smyly (Tyler) Tharp; and thirteen great-grandchildren, John Harper Wynne, Noah Allen Wynne, Samuel Levi Wynne, Abigail Jean Wynne, Jackson Parker Frew, Westen Ray Frew, Claya Manor, Julianna Manor, Evie Manor, Max Hoben, Bennett Hoben, Anna Gray Tharp and Landrey Tharp.