Obituary from Holman Funeral Home of Ozark – Ozark, Alabama
Mrs. Jackie Lynn McElvaine Manning, known to everyone who loved her simply as Lynn, left this world the way she lived in it: on her own terms, surrounded by family. She was 60 years young when she passed away at her home in Daleville, Alabama, on the morning of Tuesday, November 18, 2025. A celebration of Lynn’s big, beautiful, Auburn-loving life will be held in the coming weeks; the family will announce details when ready. Holman Funeral Home of Ozark has been entrusted with the arrangements. Condolences may be expressed at www.HolmanFuneralHome.com
Born July 27, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia, Lynn was a hardworking, big-hearted, unbreakable woman whose love for people was as loud and fearless as a packed house at Jordan-Hare on a Saturday in the fall. She was the devoted wife of 15 years to Jeffrey Lance Manning, daughter of Jack McElvaine and Linda Keen, Mother to Jennifer Walker and Richard Culligan, and proudest Grammy to nine grandchildren. Raised in Beauregard, Alabama, Lynn spent 22 hard-working years at the Uniroyal Tire Plant, where she built tires by day and lifelong friendships by break time. After the plant closed, she brought her contagious laugh and no-nonsense hospitality to the Village Inn Bar in Daleville for a decade, treating every regular like family and every newcomer like an old friend who just hadn’t realized it yet. If you spent more than thirty seconds with Lynn, you knew two things for certain: she fiercely loved her people, and she bled Auburn orange and blue. She didn’t just watch Tiger football — she lived it, breathed it, and cheerfully educated anyone within earshot. Weagle, Weagle, War Eagle, forever. Lynn was preceded in death by her brothers, Gary and Jerold McElvaine. She is survived by her husband, Jeffrey Manning; her children, Richard Culligan, Jennifer Walker (David), and Brittany Jackson (Scott); her father, Jack McElvaine; her mother, Linda Keen; those nine incredible grandchildren: Kadyn, Averly, Emdyn, Gracye, Collin, Bella, Owen, Everleigh, and Anzlee; and her brother, Eric McElvaine (Heather) — plus a small army of friends who were as close as family. In lieu of flowers, Lynn would want you to raise a little cain in her honor and then donate to Susan G. Komen or the National Breast Cancer Foundation — because even in her final request, she was still telling us exactly what to do. War Eagle, Lynn. We’ll keep the porch light on and the volume loud until we see you again.
