Tracey Lee Maner Ripley, 40, of Gustine, Texas, died March 19, 2007, at Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.
Two funeral services are scheduled for Mrs. Ripley. At 10,30 a.m. Friday, March 23, service is at the Eleventh Avenue Church, Mineral Wells, with Charles Mays and R.B. Shiflet officiating. A second service is 3 p.m. at the Comanche Funeral Home Chapel in Comanche, Texas, with John Ward and Charles Mays officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Gustine, Texas with Comanche Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Comanche Funeral Home.
She was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend who went to be with the Lord.
She was born June 14, 1966, in Mineral Wells, Texas to Leonard N. Maner and Shirley Tanner Maner.
She was united in marriage to Randy Ripley on Oct. 9, 1993, in Mineral Wells.
Tracey graduated from Mineral Wells High School, the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and Tarleton State University with a Mid-Management Degree in Education. She was the illustrator and author of “Colorful Comanche County, An ABC Book to Color,” a historical coloring book published in 2006.
She is survived by husband, Randy Ripley, Gustine; daughter, Rachel Lee Ripley, Gustine; parents, Leonard and Shirley Maner, Mineral Wells; twin sister and brother-in-law, Stacey and John Montgomery, Abilene, Texas; nephews, Tyler and Mason Montgomery, Abilene; mother-in-law, Dortha “Dot” Ripley, Gustine; grandmother, Ernestine Maner, Mineral Wells; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and students.
Family requests memorials be made to the Eleventh Avenue Church, 206 W.W. 11th St., Mineral Wells, TX 76067.
