Lincoln County NeArchives Photo Person.....Neville, Morell Keith December 4, 1959
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Source:             Lincoln Evening Journal Fri Dec 4, 1959 Page 1
Name:               Morell Keith Neville

Date Of Photograph: December 4, 1959
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Former Gov. Neville Dies at 75
   Demo Served From '17-'19
North Platte-- Former Nebraska Gov. Keith Neville, 75, 
died here Friday, one week after undergoing surgery
in a North Platte hospital.
   Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at
Episcopal Church of Our Savior, the Rev. Seward H.
Bean officiating. Burial will be in the North Platte
Cemetery.
   Mr. Neville, a Democrat, was governor of Nebraska
from 1917-1919. He was defeated when seeking the office
again in 1940.
   "Keith Neville has been a long-time leader on the
Nebraska scene." Gov. Ralph Brooks said in tribute.
"Nebraska salutes one of it's great citizens and moves
him to a high place among our departed leaders." Brooks
said.
   M. Neville was known as "Boy Governor" during his
term. He was 33 when he took office.
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        Neville Was Known as Boy Governor
   In 1954 Mr. Neville accepted a draft movement for the
Senate primary bid, although he had not held office for
years.
               Lost to Curtis
   He campaigned on a platform favoring continued farm 
price supports and curtailing foreign aid, and was defeated
in the general election by Sen. Carl Curtis.
   He was a keynoter for the Democratic Jefferson-Jackson
Day dinner in 1954.
   He was Nebraska's state National Recovery Act director
during the depression days.
   He had been chairman of the board of North Platte's 
First National Bank since 1951, previously serving as
president. He had been a member of the board of directors
since 1910.
   He was a North Platte City councilman and a member of
the school board.
   Long active in public power circles, Mr. Neville 
opposed moves to turn rural electrification and publicly
owned hydro-electric districts over to private power
interests.
   A leader in power and irrigation development in the
Platte Valley, he served for two years as director of 
Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation District.
   He had served as chairman of the Nebraska Democratic
State Committee and was a former Democratic National
committeeman.
           Congressman's Son
   He was the son of William Neville, one of the early
settlers and ranchmen of western Nebraska and former 
congressman from the old 6th Nebaska Congessional Dist.
   Mr. Neville was educated at St. John's Academy and 
St. John's College at Annapolis, Md., from which he was
graduated in 1905 with a bachelor of arts degree.
   In 1906 he took over the management of the family
ranch and farms, and engaged in banking.
   An ardent sportsman, he was at one time president of
the State Sportsmen's Assn., and the Lincoln County
Wild Life Assn.
   Mr. Neville had been a member of the Lincoln Journal's
Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame selections committee since
it's beginning in 1951.
   Over a long span of time, the North Platte high school
football team was his principal hobby to which he devoted 
untold hours in the service of "his boys."
            Head Coach
   He served as head coach of the football team from 1905
to 1915 and from 1919 to 1924, thus holding the reigns for
17 years.
   His teams were unbeaten and untied in 1911, 1912, 1915
and 1921 and unbeaten but tied in 1905 and 1910. In 1921
his team swept all competition for the state high school
football championship.
            50 Year Pin
   Mr. and Mrs. Neville celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary Oct 21, 1958 and this year Mr. Neville 
receied his 50-year pin in the Masonic lodge.
   He was chairman of the Nebraska Advertising Commission
and a member of the Pershing Memorial Assn.
   In 1929, he was given an award by the North Platte 
Rotary Club for outstanding performance in civic 
leadership.
   He was a Mason, Shriner, Odd Fellow and an Elk, as well
as a member of the North Platte Chamber of Commerce. He
served two terms as Chamber president.
            Survivors
   In 1917 he was elected colonel of the 7th Nebaska
Infantry but was never called into service. He was an
honorary member of the United Spanish-American War
veterans.
   Survivors include his wife, Mary; daughters, Mrs.
W. D. Newberry, Mrs. Don Robertson, Mrs. Fred Sieman
and Mrs. Roy Bystrom, all of North Platte.


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