Clodina Mann

Clodina Mann, 89, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, at The Lutheran Home.

She was born Sept. 19, 1926, in Aquilla, Missouri, to Johnie W. and Mary E. Osborne Pruett. She and the Rev. Charles H. Mann were married May 15, 1943, in Benton, Missouri. They had been married 48 years when he passed away Dec. 27, 1991.

Clodina and Charles were former residents of Dexter, Missouri; Sikeston, Missouri; and Truman, Arkansas, before moving to Jackson in 1982. She worked 55 years baby-sitting children in her home. She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene in Jackson.

Loving survivors include two children, Brenda (John) Shirley of Jackson and Jerry (Ruth Ann) Mann of McClure, Illinois; five grandchildren, Scott (Connie) Mann, Michelle (Shawn) Hinkle, Todd (Tammy) Shirley, Terry Shirley and Lisa (Patrick) Hammond; eight great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Loren Pruett of Bloomfield, Missouri, and Cletus (Sharon) Pruett of Dexter; two sisters, Freeda Waggoner and Lora Cox of Dexter; a brother-in-law, Don Metcalf of Bloomfield; two sisters-in-law, Reva Pruett of Bloomfield and Faye Pruett of Kenton, Tennessee; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Velda Faye Metcalf; two brothers, Edsel and Carmen Pruett; and an infant sister, Verma Nancy Pruett.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. Saturday until service time at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Kenneth Harper officiating. Burial will be at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Bell City, Missouri.

Memorials may take the form of contributions to the American Heart Association or the American Liver Foundation.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.