Manzola George Mabry was born to Isaac George Mabry and Dorothy Comal Green on January 26, 1936 in San Antonio, Texas. He departed life May 3, 2021 in his home. Very early in his life he acquired the nick name “Sonny” by which he was so well known. He was raised Catholic. He attended St. Peter Claver Academy. He then joined the United States Air Force where he served twenty years in: Lackland Air Force Base in TX, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base in WY, Westover Air Force Base in MA, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in OH, Forbes Air Force Base in KS, RAF Station in Fairford England, Amarillo Air Force Base in TX, Kessler Air Force Base in MS, Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base in Vietnam and Dyess Air Force Base in TX where he retired in 1976. He was preceded in death by his father Isaac George Mabry (Angel Child), mother Dorothy C. Green (Dee) Son’s William and Terance Mabry; siblings Minnie Hill, Shirley Ann Mabry, Danny Mabry, Randall Mabry, Darlene Chandley and Wiley Curtis Steen who was a cousin, however he considered a brother.
Sonny leaves to cherish his memory Sheree, his loving wife of fifty-three years; sons, Jason A. Mabry(Kimberly) and Christopher L. Mabry. God-Daughter Megan Newberry; Grand-children Whitney Mabry, Cherelle Mabry Clark (Elijah), Michael Savere, Christopher Mabry II, Jason Mabry II, De ’annaPrince, De’Mya Young, DeZyra Savere; Great-Grand Children Michael Savere Jr, Kaesyn Mabry, Elijah Clark Jr, Isaiah Clark, Malakhi Clark, Ivonna Clark, Judah Clark, Xavier Newberry; a cousin who he considered a sister Janice Meriweather and a host of nieces, nephews, friends who he considered family.