Mr. Lawrence Manley Black, age 92, of West Jefferson passed away Friday morning, June 25, 2010 at Margate Health & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 2:00 pm at Boone Family Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Michael Carter and Rev. Jack Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the Orion Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00-9:00pm on Monday, June 28, 2010 at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel. Lawrence was born in Ashe County on Monday, April 1, 1918 to the late Florence Mash Black. He was a Truck Driver. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Grace Black; two sisters, Edna Miller and Tencie Dillard. Mr. Black is survived by his wife, Clyde McNeill Black; a daughter, Lois Ann Black Eller, of West Jefferson; five grandchildren, James Timothy Black, Christopher Lawrence Hartzog, Mitzi Hartzog Reese, Michael Brandon Campbell and Heather Denise Campbell; seven great-grandchildren, T.J. Black, Samantha Reese, Garin Reese, Brooke Hartzog, Holly Marie Hartzog, Amaliyah Shatley and MacKenzie Campbell also survive. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to: Orion Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Lucian Jordan, 190 Cherry Avenue, West Jefferson, NC 28694.