Obituaries:  W. E. Neal, Sr., 1957, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the January 3, 1957 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American


Final rites for Willis Edmund Neal, Sr., 64, of the Wheeling Community, who
died at his residence Saturday, Dec. 29, 1956, were held at 10 a.m. Sunday at
Mt. Zion Methodist Church, Wheeling, with the Rev. D. S. Durand officiating. 
Assisting with the services sere Mrs. Lula Wardlow of Montgomery and Rev. T.
A. Brown of Monroe.  Burial followed in the cemetery at Dubach, La.

Acing as pallbearers were Odis Garner, James Cardozier, Henry Keiffer, Mac
McGinty, Frank Fredieu, and Prentice Ferguson.

A lifelong resident of the Wheeling Community, Mr. Neal was a retired farmer. 
He was a member of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mabel Neal; three brothers, Matt Neal of
DeRidder, Felix Neal of Wheeling, and J. T. Neal of Ferriday; two sisters,
Mrs. Jessie Gunn of Wheeling, and Mrs. Blanche McGinty of Winnfield; three
sons, William E. Neal, Jr., of Lillie, Robert W. Neal of Gibsland, and Terry
H. Neal of Waskom, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Frances Horn of Wheeling, and
Mrs. Macie Shaw of Bossier City.  He also leaves nine grandchildren.