NASHVILLE – Robert Joseph Manley, 61, died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Survivors include three daughters, Shirley Cheek of the home, and Lisa Manley Scott and Katina Manley Berry, both of Baltimore, Md.; eight sisters, Macie Debro of Wilson, Geraldine Staton and Ethel Mae Richardson, both of Baltimore, Md., Gracie Bowers, Mary Baker and Sue Ella Harrison, all of Nashville, Gloria Norfleet of Castalia and Linda Allen of Greensboro; two brothers, Willie Manley of Dayten, Md. and John Manley of Severn, Md.; 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.