Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....McNeal, Robert L., 1943 

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ROBERT LEONARD McNEAL 

         Robert L. McNeal 

  Suffolk, Sept. 22. - Robert L. MeNeal, 60, widely known citizen of Nansemond 
County, died today, at the Marine Hospital, Norfolk.  He was a native of 
Crittenden, son of the late George E. and Maria Joins [sic; Mariah Joynes] 
McNeal. 

  Surviving him are a daughter, Mrs. Martha Custis Matthews, of Portsmouth; 
grandson, Claiborne Matthews; a sister, Mrs. A.B. Westcott, of Charleston, 
S.C. 

  The body was taken to the Funeral Home of R.W. Baker & Co., and on Friday at 
2:30 will be removed to Mount Zion Christian Church, Crittenden, where funeral 
services will be conducted Friday at 3:30 p.m. by the Rev. N.F. Hunt.  Burial 
will be in the church cemetery. 

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Crittenden Man Dies in Norfolk 

  Robert L. McNeal, 60, Crittenden, Va., died today at the Marine Hospital in 
Norfolk.  He was the son of George E. and Maria Joins [sic; Mariah Joynes] 
McNeal. 

  He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Martha Custis Mathews, two brothers, 
William H. McNeal, of Crittenden, and L.R. McNeal of Hobson, one sister, Mrs. 
A.B. Westcott of Charleston, S.C., and several nieces and nephews. 

  The body will leave the R.W. Baker and Company Funeral home in Suffolk at 
2:30 tomorrow afternoon for the Mount Zion Christian Church at Crittenden. 

  The Reverend N.F. Hunt will conduct services at 3:30.  Burial will be in the 
Church cemetery. 

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McNeal Funeral Held in Crittenden 

  Funeral services for Robert L. McNeal were conducted yesterday afternoon at 
3:30 at the Mount Zion Christian church in Crittenden by the Rev. N.F. Hunt. 

  The choir sang "Nearer My God To Thee" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye."  The 
organist was Mrs. G.W. Dickerson.  The pall was covered with white carnations. 

  Active pall bearers were J.R. Dixon, S.C. Bunkley, Pete Folgham [sic; 
Fulgham], Philmore Brown, C.E. Bush, Jr., George Martin and Linwood Mason. 
Burial was in the church cemetery. 


Robert Leonard McNEAL, merchant marine deckhand, 
b. 26 Nov 1881, Nansemond Co., d. 22 Sep 1943, Norfolk, 
interred in Mt. Zion Christian Church Cemetery*, Crittenden, 24 Sep 1943, 
"Norfolk Virginian-Pilot," Vol. 170, No. 85, Thurs., Sep. 23, 1943, p. 22, 
   text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #286439817 [no grave photo]; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 21, No. 154, Sep. 23, 1943, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 21, No. 156, Sat., Sep. 25, 1943, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Unmarked?  Added by his parents to the Mt. Zion list (Z-10), 
   an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} 
   Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/mtzion.txt 

His brother Charles is also buried there (Z-4), apparently unmarked. 

D.Cert. 19072 (Norfolk #1681) also gives his mother as Maria JOINS. 

He served on M/V "Tom Benson" of Newport News. 

His wife Annie Mary (MURPHY NELMS) McNEAL (1889 - 1928) is buried with her 
   first husband James Raleigh NELMS in Newman Memorial Cemetery, Oakland 
   Christian Church, Chuckatuck. 

Their m.rec. gives McNEIL.  (Nansemond Co. 1925 #306) 


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