Benjamin Mann

1944 - 2016

MANN Benjamin Johnson, Jr., 72 husband of Karen Gabriel Mann, passed away Sunday, Oct 23, 2016 at his home. Born June 9, 1944 in Boston, MA, he was a son of the late Benjamin Johnson Mann, Sr. and Dorothy Whitney Mann. Ben served in the U. S. Coast Guard from 1966-70 with two tours of duty in Antarctica with Operation Deep Freeze. He received his B.S. and Master's degrees from the University of KY. Starting his professional career at Cowden Manufacturing, he moved to the insurance industry in late 1980 and along with his partners formed Mann Sutton & McGee Insurance Agency, retiring in 2010. Ben was very active in St. Andrew Orthodox Church where he completed his studies and was ordained a deacon in the Orthodox Church in 1995. He served the church in a multitude of ways by teaching, mentoring, ground maintenance, and liturgical duties. His poor health recently prohibited him from serving the church as he would have wanted and his lifetime hunger for knowledge found him always with a book open. Besides his wife, survivors include a son, Sean Mann; a daughter, Nicole Mann (Joseph) Highland; two grandchildren, Gabrielle and Sylvey Highland who loved coin collecting with their grandfather; and two sisters, Sheila Mann and Isabelle Sherer. Funeral services will be 10am Wednesday, Oct 26, 2016 at St. Andrew Orthodox Church by the Rev. Thomas Gallaway with burial to follow in the Lexington Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7:30pm Tuesday at the church with prayers at 7:30pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908, or St. Andrew Orthodox Church, 1136 Higbee Mill Rd., Lexington, KY 40503. Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, Harrodsburg Rd. in charge of arrangements.