Obit.Cherokee County,OK Benjamin Calvin Neel
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Submitted by Glee on 12Apr2004
From a Tahlequah Newspaper no date when it was published 
B.C. "CALLIE" NEEL TAHLEQUAH-
Services will be held for B.C. (Benjamin Calvin "Callie") Neel, 87, Tuesday, 
(20 July 1976) at 10 a.m., in Reed Culver Funeral Chapel with Reverend Renus 
Warren officiating. Neel died Friday, (16 July 1976) at the Tahlequah City 
Hospital. Burial will be in Blue Springs Cemetary.
Born March 30, 1889, in Mountain View Missouri, Neel spent most of his life in 
Cherokee and Mayes Counties. He was a retired farmer and stockman. (He also 
raced horses locally in his younger days.) His, Wife, Willora, died in June 1975.
Survivors include 5 sons, Bert, Ollie, and Roy all of Tahlequah,; 
[Bert and Ollie lived in CA and had for many years and are buried there. 
They were alive when this was written but are now deceased ) Robert of Los Angeles, 
California, and LC of Bixby; two daughters, Jewel Van Osdol of Los Angeles and 
Geraldine Crawford of Muskogee; a brother Walter of Tahlequah; two sisters Faye 
Rudy of Los Angeles and Pearl Houston of Tahlequah; 25 grandchildren; 
25 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.


The information between the ( ) was added by his grand daughter 
Willora Glee Van Osdol-krapf