Obituaries:  John H. Neal, 1937, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Deanna Simmons Hess, RR 9, Box 1548, Livingston, TX 77351
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THE WINNFIELD-NEWS AMERICAN
Friday,  November 5, 1937

John H. Neal of Wheeling Claimed By Death Oct. 28

Funeral Services for Community Leader Held Friday at Mt. Zion

    John Harrison Neal, life-long citizen and civic and religious leader
of the Wheeling community, died at his home Thursday October 28,
following an illness of several months.
    Mr. Neal was 78 years old and lived his long life in the community
in which he was born and where since early manhood he engaged in
farming.  His home was located on the old Harrisonburg Road and one of
his most pleasant memories as a boy was the witnessing of settlers
passing his home on their way west.  One time he recalls that for seven
days a steady stream of these settlers made their way toward the west,
passing his home.
    He was twice married, the first time in 1881 to Miss Martha Ella
Cook and to them eleven children were born, all of whom survive except
one son, Grady L. Neal who died in the spring of this year.  Those
children surviving are Mrs. Ena McNaughton, Harmon, La., Felix Neal, Mat
Neal, J. T. Neal and Mrs. J. W. Gunn, Montgomery, La., Mrs. Frank Shaw
and Mrs. Blanche McGinty, Winnfield, Ed Neal , Ruston, Hearl Neal,
Leforse, Texas and Oswald Neal, Olla.  The second marriage was to Mrs.
Julia Watson in 1923, who survives him.
    Funeral services were held Friday, October 29, conducted by the Rev.
F. A. Crawford, of Shreveport, and interment was made in the Mt. Zion
cemetery.  Mr. Neal was a member of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church.