Obit of McNeill, R.C. "Sonny" - Stephens County, Oklahoma

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R.C. "Sonny" McNeill

HAPPY - R.C. "Sonny" McNeill, 73, died Wednesday, June 25, 2003, in 
Amarillo.

Memorial services will be at 2:30 p.m. today in University Church of 
Christ in Canyon with David Lough officiating. Arrangements are by Brooks 
Funeral Directors.

Mr. McNeill was born Jan. 4, 1930, in Duncan, Okla., to John Robert and 
Allie Augusta Block McNeill. He attended Amarillo High and was in the 
class of 1949. He married Tressa Jeanetta Smith at Clovis, N.M., in 1948. 
He lived in Amarillo and worked at American Zinc and Refinery. He moved to 
Wayside, where he ranched, farmed and also owned and operated McNeill 
Flying Service for a long time. He served on the Happy School Board for 
several years and was a member of Toastmasters International. He also 
served as a deacon at University Church of Christ.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Mona Hager, in 1987.

Survivors include his wife; six sons, Dave McNeill of Muleshoe, Dudley 
McNeill and Walter McNeill, both of Happy, Jim McNeill and Tim McNeill, 
both of Fort Worth, and Warren McNeill of Lubbock; two brothers, Wayne 
McNeill of Happy and Bud McNeill of Alabama; a sister, Sweetie Sternenberg 
of Canyon; 15 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Sonny McNeill India Missions, in care 
of University Church of Christ, 3400 Connor Drive, Canyon, TX 79015.

Amarillo Globe-News, June 27, 2003
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