Manford "Sonny" Julian, 69, died January 4, 2007 at his Great Bend, Kansas residence. He was born March 10, 1937 at Garden City, Kansas, the son of Francis Charles and Frances Chloe Wood Julian. He was united in marriage to Natha White, July 6, 1954 at Tucumcari, New Mexico. A resident of Great Bend since 1954, coming from St. John, Kansas, Mr. Julian was the owner and operator of Julian's Body and Frame from 1976 to 2005. Surviving Mr. Julian are his wife, Natha Julian, of the home; two sons, Jeff Julian, Woodward, Oklahoma, and Curtis Julian, Great Bend, Kansas; two daughters, Shelli Price, Great Bend, Kansas, and Debra Birzer, Lyons, Kansas; two sisters, Uvah Smith, Clearwater, Kansas, and Phyllis Belcher, Whitewater, Kansas; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Ayvis Julian, and two brothers, Lloyd Julian and Lee Henry Julian. Funeral services will be held, at 10:30 a.m., Monday, January 8, 2007, at Bryant Funeral Home with the Reverend Gary Brooks officiating. Interment will be in Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas. Friends may call from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Sunday, January 7, 2007, with the family to receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at Bryant Funeral Home. A memorial has been established with the Central Kansas Medical Center Foundation, for the benefit of Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice, in care of the funeral home.