Ocean County , NJ History

from the Asbury Park Press, 25 Nov 1991 THOMAS J. SUTTON, SR, 60, of Highlands and Stuart, Fla., died Friday at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a sergeant with the Highlands Police Department retiring in 1988 after 27 years. He was a member of American Legion Post 143 and of the Elks Lodge, both in Highlands, and a member of the Moose Lodge, Stuart. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and served with the Army military police in Panama. Mr. Sutton was born in Bayonne and lived in Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge Township before moving to Highlands in 1959. Surviving are his wife, Beatrice; three sons, Thomas, Jr, Pennsylvania; Daniel, Highlands, and Harold, Oceanport; three daughters, Patricia Paronto and Marie, both of Highlands, and Diane, Coatesville, PA; a brother, Edward, Sayreville; three sisters, Claire Denver, Cliffwood section of Aberdeen Township; Dolores Hoag, Keyport, and Mary Numes, North Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and ine grandchildren. Posten's Fune

MANNING, LAURENCE E. from the Asbury Park Press 12 Apr 1972 HIGHLANDS-- Laurence E. Manning, 72, of 102 Portland Rd, former owner of the Kelsey Nursery Service and a writer, died Monday at the Atlantic Highlands Nursing Home. Mr. Manning was born in St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada. He retired from his nursery business in 1968. He authored many articles for Horticulture Magazine and the Florist's Exchange, and had a number of science fiction stories published. Mr. Manning was the founder and president of the American Rocket Society; was a former member of the Monmouth Players; a member and former choir director of All Saints Episcopal Church, Navesink,Middletown Township and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War I. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edith Burrows Manning; a son, James E., Trenton; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Tomlinson, Fairfield, Calif., and Mrs. Dorothy J. Sachs, Glenridge; one sister, Mrs. Kenneth M. Willet, Brightwaters, NY, and six grandchildr