Basketball was life for Estel Norman Manasco, 89, of Madisonville. Known to many as Stormin’ Norman, he taught and coached as well as worked in basketball camps during the summers. Even so, he tried to find time for some fishing and putting out a nice garden.
Manasco died 20 March 2024 at the Madisonville Health and Rehab. Born in Christian County to Daniel Hutch and Thelma Mayton Manasco 17 April 1934, he graduated from Crofton High School and Austin Peay State University, where he ran track.
During his career, he taught and coached at Dawson Springs and Providence High Schools in addition to Madisonville, Jessamine County and Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Manasco was a member of the Crofton Christian Church in Crofton and was a Kentucky Colonel as well as a member of the EW Turner Masonic Lodge in Earlington, KY.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Roxy Shoulders Manasco; brothers, Daniel Benton, Wesley Eugene, William Harvey, Raymond Lee, Paul Howard, and Douglas; and sisters, Rosella Baldwin, Nettie Renshaw and Marie Wade.
His daughter Norma Jean Henry (Lexington) and granddaughter Yvette Henry (Flint, MI) and two great grandchildren survive. He is also survived by one sister, Betty Jackson (Cadiz) and three brothers: James Oscar (St. Petersburg, FL, Lexington, KY); Charles “Happy” (Hopkinsville); Everett Earl (Springfield, IL).
Graveside services will be held 11 am Saturday April 6 at Ridgetop Cemetery in Crofton with a reception to follow at Gordon Park, 13731 Old Madisonville Road. Dogwood Funerals and Cremations is overseeing the arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Crofton Christian Church.