Imogene Manes, daughter of the late Lawrence King and Gertrude Mitchell King was born on August 20, 1922 in Powhatan, Arkansas and died on May 27, 2012 at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 89.

Mrs. Manes was a member of the Dexter Church of Christ, a cook in the Richland School District and a resident of Dexter.  She loved gardening and tending to her flowers.

On November 6, 1937 she was united in marriage to Austin Manes in Blytheville, Arkansas.  Mr. Manes preceded her in death on November 7, 1999.

She is survived by two sons, Bobby Manes and Terry and wife Linda Manes both of Essex; by two daughters, Nedra Tucker of Dexter and Cathy Harris and husband Bill of Jefferson City; by one brother, Redmon King of Cherokee Village, Arkansas; by three sisters, Inez Weld of Burlington, Iowa, Glada Buchanan of Murray, Kentucky and Mary Ann Smiley of Olive Branch, Mississippi; by seven grandchildren; by seven great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

Besides her husband and parents she was preceded in death by one brother, Raymond King; by one sister, Erma Hickman; by one granddaughter, Natalie Harden and by one daughter-in-law, Lois Manes.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 5 until 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 30, 2012, Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 31, 2012 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Herman Morse and Travis Quetermous officiating.  Interment will follow in the Walker Cemetery.