Jack Matthewson Mann Sr.

Services for Jack Matthewson Mann, Sr. will be 2 p.m., Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Trinity Episcopal Church with Kevin Whittmayer officiating. Services are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home. 

Mr. Mann was born on April 14, 1932, to Jack and Mary Mann in Marshall, Texas, and died March 2, 2010. Mr. Mann attended Marshall Public Schools. He was a member of the Boy Scouts where he earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He attended New Mexico Military Institute and graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 1954 with a Bachelor of Business Administration. While at Texas, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He worked summers between college years at The Made-Rite Company in Marshall, Texas. During 1955 and 1956, Mr. Mann was in the U.S. Army and was stationed in France where he served as a Second Lieutenant. After returning to the United States, Mr. Mann earned a Masters of Business Administration Degree from Harvard School of Business in 1960.

Following graduation, Mr. Mann was employed by Humble Refining Company from 1960 until 1961. In 1961, Mr. Mann returned to East Texas and once again joined The Made-Rite Company where he served as General Manager, eventually buying controlling interest of the entire bottling plant. Through the years, Mr. Mann was active in many soft drink associations; serving as president of the Texas Soft Drink Association, president of the National Dr Pepper Bottling Association, and director of the RC Bottlers Association. 

Jack Mann believed in doing his civic duty and demonstrated his belief by serving as President of LEDCO, director of the Longview Chamber of Commerce and the YMCA, President and director of University of Texas at Tyler- Longview University Center.  Mr. Mann was also a member of the Mayor's Ad Hoc Committee on Higher Education and served on the LeTourneau Advisory Committee. He was on the Board of Directors for Longview National Bank which became Texas Commerce Bank and is now Regions Bank. In 2001, the Longview Partnership honored him with "The Chairman's Award" for his outstanding effort toward civic accomplishment. 

Mr. Mann was a cradle Episcopalian, attending Trinity Episcopal Church and serving as senior warden, junior warden, treasurer, vestry member, and President of the Endowment Fund. Jack truly loved his church and contributed both his time and effort toward its betterment. 

If you ever wanted to know the score of a UT sporting event, all you had to do was ask Jack Mann. He loved his Texas Longhorns and would watch any game in which they were playing. His other great passion was hunting with his sons. The five of them enjoyed many an hour in the woods of Alabama and the mountains of New Mexico.  Mr. Mann is survived by his wife, Glenda; sons and daughters-in-law, Jack and Carla Mann, Bob and Jeanne Mann, Nat and Michelle Mann, and Dan Mann; grandchildren, Andrea and Jason Doornbos, Molly and Kyle Hughes, Matthew Mann, Curtis Mann, Megan and Mark Hopper, Bobby Mann, Marilyn Mann, Marshall Mann, Anna Mann, Nathaniel Mann and Palmer Mann; and True Mann, the mother of his children. Stepchildren and stepgrandchildren include Christy, Amelia, Audrey and Ashlyn Milton, Julie Grimes, Matthew Bottcher, Catharine and Bruce Polsky and Sylvie Polsky. His two sisters, are Barbara Mann Goodson and Mary Ann Mann Armstrong. 

Jack was a kind and gentle man. He bore no one ill will. He was loved and respected by all and he tried to return the favor. The family will receive friends at the Parish Hall of Trinity Episcopal Church on Friday, March 5, 2010, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. 

The family also wishes to express a sincere thanks to Dr. Larry Frase and his kind and caring staff as well as the diligent fourth floor nursing staff at Good Shepherd Medical Center. If wishing to do so, memorials may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church, 906 Padon, Longview 75601 or The Jack Mann Memorial Scholarship Fund at The University of Texas at Tyler, Longview University Center, 3201 N Eastman Road, Longview, TX 75605.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com