Jefferson Co. TX - Obits: Samuel Berthold Neel ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: D. Allan Doiron USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** The Beaumont Enterprise, Beaumont, TX, 27 Jul 1962 Samuel Neel, 69 Dies: Nederland Rites Are Tomorrow Nederland, July 26 (Spl)-- Samuel Berthold Neel, 69 an area resident for 60 years, died at 5 p. m. Thursday in Schlesger's Home in Beaumont after an illness of five months. Mr. Neel, whose address is listed as 206 Seventh in Central Gardens, was a native of Cuero, TX, and a retired employee of the Pure Oil Co. He was a veteran of the first and second World Wars and was a member of the Church of the Open Door at Amelia. Survivors include his wife, Maude Neel of Nederland; three daughters, Mrs. Harvey Mills and Mrs. Charles F. Dowd, both of Nederland, and Mrs. Jim Peavy of Leesville, LA; one son, Jimmy Eugene Neel of Voth; one sister, Mrs. Minnie Bailey of Beaumont; 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday in Weldon Davis Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Herbert Lane, pastor of the Open Door Church, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Bluff Memorial Park.