Memorial: Sister Verlee Young Mannings

"If You Could See Me Now"

Sister Verlee Young Mannings

Alpha January 29 (year unknown)

Omega March 25, 2011

Service Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Loving Journey

During the cold winter days of January many years ago, the late John Young and Tammer Cassey Young were blessed with a bundle of joy on the 29th. They named their precious gift, Verlee. She was reared in West Ouachita Parish in the Mount Pleasant community.

Having been reared in a Christian home, she accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Even though she relocated numerous times, she remained a faithful member of her root church.

She received her formal education in Ouachita and Lincoln Parishes. She graduated from high school at Grambling Laboratory, attended Grambling Normal College and received her degree in Elementary Education from Grambling College (GSU). She taught in Louisiana for a while and then relocated to Oakland, California, where she worked in industry. She met and married the love of her life, James A. Richardson. To this union a bouncing boy, James Edward "Butch" Richardson was born.

Upon returning to Louisiana, she returned to teaching and was employed by Monroe City School District at Carroll Junior High and Lincoln Elementary until she retired. She loved the Lord and her fellowman, was a people's person and enjoyed longevity of life.

She made her transition on March 25, 2011 leaving to cherish her precious memories: a son, James Edward Richardson; a sister, Dorothy Poindexter (Edward) Woodland Hills, California; grandchildren, Reginald, Rhonda, Yolanda, Corey and Michael Richardson; Marqueita, Maria, and Butch Richardson Goldman, Jamelia Pugh, Rumika Collins, and J.R. Battle; nieces and nephew, Dottie Jo, Doreen, and John Rogers Poindexter (Woodland Hill, California), and a host of cousins.