Chatham County, Georgia - Obit & Bio: Joseph Bowden Neely, Jr. 
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		Sharlotte Neely Donnelly donnely@one.net
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			Joseph Bowden Neely, Jr.

Bio: Joseph Bowden Neely, Jr.: Chatham County, and DeKalb County, Georgia
Contributed by Sharlotte Neely Donnelly donnelly@one.net


Joseph Bowden Neely, Jr. was born the son of Joseph Bowden Neely, Sr. and 
Nettie King Neely Riley on April 20, 1923 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
and died November 19, 1974 in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia. 

The following biography is from his obituary in the November 23, 1974 Savannah 
Morning News. A similar obituary appeared on November 21, 1974 in the Atlanta 
Constitution. 

Funeral services were held Thursday in Atlanta at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church for
Joseph Bowden Neely, 51, who died Tuesday after a heart attack. 

He was a native of Savannah, a Mason, a member of Landrum Lodge No. 48, a 
veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion. He attended the 
University of Dayton in Ohio and the University of Illinois and was employed for
33 years by Southern Railway System as a computer programer.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Kathleen Bell Neely of Decatur; a daughter, Mrs. 
Walter L. Williams [Sharlotte Kathleen Neely Donnelly] of Cincinnati, Ohio; 
a brother, J. Robert Neely of Savannah; and two nephews.

Burial was in Bonaventure Cemetery.

Remembrances may be sent to the Heart Fund.