Kody Maner

Funeral service for Kody Maner, age 19, of Etoile, Texas, will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2006, at Laird Funeral Home, with Bro. Mike Boney officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Springs Cemetery in Etoile. Kody passed away Sunday, April 16, 2006, in Nacogdoches. Born February 10, 1987, in Bedford, Texas, he was the son of Lauri Hurst Maner and Mike Maner. He was employed by DLS Environmental Service. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church in Etoile, and an active member of the Etoile Volunteer Fire Department and Texas Kayak Fisherman. Kody graduated from the Seaborne Challenge Corp. and Angelina Fire Academy and became a commissioned firefighter. He loved the outdoors. He especially loved to saltwater fish. He felt honored to serve the community of Etoile as a volunteer fireman where friends knew him by his handle, "Toot." Family and friends thought of him as a Gentle Ben. Kody's employer, Richard Lenius, loved him as a second son. He will be dearly missed by many. Survivors include parents; paternal grandparents, William and Glo Maner McMillian of Galveston and Nacogdoches; maternal grandparents, T.C. and Ann Hurst of Tyler; maternal great -grandparents, Evelyn Childers of Fort Worth and Earline Hurst of Tyler; aunts and uncles, Timothy and Cathy Hurst of Willis and Kristi and Billy Cranford of Nacogdoches. He was also survived by many cousins. Kody was preceded in death by paternal grandfather, Fred Maner. Active pallbearers will be Peyton and Jared Bass, Michael Hargrave, Joey Ross, Andy Sanders, Darrell Cook and Ricky Burnaman. Memorial donations may be made to the Etoile Fire Department, 2506 State Hwy. 103 E., Etoile, Texas 75944 and Macedonia Baptist Church, Youth Group, FM 226, Etoile, Texas 75944. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, 2006. Laird Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.