HIGH POINT — Father Bernard A. Manley Jr., 94, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, at his home at Pennybyrn at Maryfield in High Point.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, at St. Lawrence Basilica in Asheville, with Bishop Peter J. Jugis as principal celebrant. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery.
A prayer vigil for the deceased will held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, at Groce Funeral Home, located at 1401 Patton Ave. in Asheville, after which the family will receive friends until 8:30 p.m.
Father Manley was born in Columbia, S.C. on June 12, 1922. He was the son of the late Bernard A. Manley Sr. and Mary Fae Collins Manley, and grandson of John Henry and Emma Hall Manley and Oscar Charles and Minnie Hampton Collins.
He attended Orange Street and Claxton elementary schools and was a 1940 graduate of Lee H. Edwards High School.
In June 1941, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served overseas with the 8th Air Force. He was discharged as a senior master sergeant in October 1945.
Following discharge, he attended the Columbia Institute of Technology in Washington, D.C., and came to work for the City of Asheville as assistant city engineer. In addition, he was appointed chief building inspector and the first traffic engineer of Asheville. In the mid 1950s he designed the first "one-way" street system in Asheville, most of which is still in effect.
He later joined the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce and retired from there in 1983 as general manager.
He was very active in civic affairs. He was a founding board member of Mountain Area Hospice, Quality Forward and the Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council, as well as many other community boards.
He entered the Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Conn., in September 1983, and in 1987, at the age of 65, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Charlotte at St. Lawrence Basilica in Asheville.
He served at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte; as pastor of St. William Church in Murphy, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Hayesville and St. Francis of Assisi Church in Mocksville; and as priest in residence at St. Eugene Church in Asheville. He retired from priestly ministry in July 1996.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ellen Tull Manley in 1979, and by a daughter, Rachel Faye Smith, in 2014.
He is survived by a daughter, Geraldine (Jerry) Mulder of Portsmouth, Va.; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: St. Lawrence Basilica, 97 Haywood St., Asheville, N.C. 28801; CarePartners Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, N.C. 28813; St. Eugene Church, 72 Culvern St., Asheville, N.C. 28804; or Maryfield Resident Care Fund, 1315 Greensboro Road, High Point, N.C. 27260.
A register to offer notes of condolence can be found at www.grocefuneralhome.com.
Groce Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Asheville is in charge of the arrangements.
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BELMONT — Sister Mary Timothy Warren, age 90, died at Marian Center at Sacred Heart Convent in Belmont on July 11, 2016. She was a Sister of Mercy for 64 years.
Her ministries included serving as a teacher and principal of Catholic elementary schools in Charlotte, Asheville and Long Island. Sister Mary Timothy also ministered at Mercy Hospital in Charlotte as a cytology technician, director of continuing education, and a counselor in the family surgical waiting room.
In addition, she served as pastoral associate at St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte, as well as developing and administering the Lay Ministry Program in the Diocese of Charlotte and Vicar for Women Religious in the Diocese.
Sister Mary Timothy also was active in the civic community, where she was family counselor at Open House Drug Rehabilitation in Charlotte. She also designed, initiated and facilitated a program for co-dependent families.
In her later years, she volunteered at Mercy Heritage Center, the archives of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, which is housed in Belmont.
A native of Asheville, Sister Mary Timothy was the fourth of six daughters born to Ira and Ella Mae Donahue Warren. Her birth name was Barbara Jean Warren.
She earned an associate of arts degree at St. Genevieve of the Pines Junior College in Asheville and a bachelor's degree in sociology from Belmont Abbey College. Her graduate-level studies included elementary school administration at Appalachian State University and the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and studies in individualized instruction at the International Graduate School of Education in Atlanta.
After college, Barbara Jean moved to Charlotte and began work in the Histology Department of what was then Charlotte Memorial Hospital, now known as Carolinas Medical Center. It was during those years that she first felt the inclination to enter religious life. Her good friend, Father John Manley, also an Asheville native, told her about the Sisters of Mercy. He subsequently brought her to Sacred Heart Convent in Belmont to meet the sisters, and she entered the Sisters of Mercy on February 1, 1951. She selected "Timothy" as her name to honor her maternal grandfather.
Sister Mary Timothy, known for her wonderful sense of humor, delightful laughter, attention to detail, and abundant enthusiasm, truly enjoyed her life, ministry, community, family, and friends.
She is survived by the Sisters of Mercy; her dear friend, Jenny Malatesta; and several nieces and nephews.
Wake and visitation will be held on Thursday, July 14, at 7 p.m. at Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Chapel in Sacred Heart Convent in Belmont.
The Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, July 15, at 10:30 a.m., also in Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Chapel, followed by interment at Belmont Abbey Cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to the Sisters of Mercy, 500 Sacred Heart Circle, Belmont, N.C. 28012.