Printed in the Houston Times Post dated July 15 1948
Body of Max L Neal Returned Home for Burial
The body of Pfc. Max Leon Neal was laid to rest under a beautiful mound of flowers in Pleasant Ridge cemetery on June 25 1948.
He was the oldest living son of Mr. and Mrs. Duffie Neal. He was born in Keiser, Ark., on Dec. 13 1912, being 22 years, one month and one week old, at death.
Max was killed in the Pacific theater of war on Morotai Island, Jan. 20 1945. He was with the 31st Dixie Division, 155th Inf., Co. I.
He was a Christian, and said he wanted to unite with Arbor Grove Missionary Baptist Church. His only furlough being in the last days of November before sailing for overseas in January, he would write home about going to preaching over there, and knew that God was just as near to him there as if he was at home, and if it was not his will for him to come back home, he was trusting in Jesus Christ to save his soul.
There were several of Max's friends around Houston overseas with him some of them saw the land mine blast when it killed him, and helped pick him up. His officers and chaplain wrote his parents that every man of his company attended his funeral. Gene Verell made pictures of his funeral services and burial over there to send home to his parents.
Most all the home boys who were at his funeral on Morotai Island were pallbearers for his funeral at Pleasant Ridge. They were as follows: Clyde Jr. Callahan, Harold Arndt, L B Hill, Rex Henley, Gene Glider, Gene Verell, Van Evans Davis and Wilma Bailey.
Wilma Bailey and Max took their training together in the States and were separated at Camp Pickett, Va. Wilma being sent to the European theatre.
Max leaves his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Duffie Neal, Woodland; two brothers, J D Neal of Port Washington, Wisconsin and Wilma Ray Neal, Woodland; three sisters, Mrs. Jommie Payne, Woodland, Mrs. L A Moore, Woodland, Grace Neal, Woodland, and one half sister of Somerset, Ky., and a host of friends to mourn his passing.
Body of Max L Neal Returned Home for Burial
The body of Pfc. Max Leon Neal was laid to rest under a beautiful mound of flowers in Pleasant Ridge cemetery on June 25 1948.
He was the oldest living son of Mr. and Mrs. Duffie Neal. He was born in Keiser, Ark., on Dec. 13 1912, being 22 years, one month and one week old, at death.
Max was killed in the Pacific theater of war on Morotai Island, Jan. 20 1945. He was with the 31st Dixie Division, 155th Inf., Co. I.
He was a Christian, and said he wanted to unite with Arbor Grove Missionary Baptist Church. His only furlough being in the last days of November before sailing for overseas in January, he would write home about going to preaching over there, and knew that God was just as near to him there as if he was at home, and if it was not his will for him to come back home, he was trusting in Jesus Christ to save his soul.
There were several of Max's friends around Houston overseas with him some of them saw the land mine blast when it killed him, and helped pick him up. His officers and chaplain wrote his parents that every man of his company attended his funeral. Gene Verell made pictures of his funeral services and burial over there to send home to his parents.
Most all the home boys who were at his funeral on Morotai Island were pallbearers for his funeral at Pleasant Ridge. They were as follows: Clyde Jr. Callahan, Harold Arndt, L B Hill, Rex Henley, Gene Glider, Gene Verell, Van Evans Davis and Wilma Bailey.
Wilma Bailey and Max took their training together in the States and were separated at Camp Pickett, Va. Wilma being sent to the European theatre.
Max leaves his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Duffie Neal, Woodland; two brothers, J D Neal of Port Washington, Wisconsin and Wilma Ray Neal, Woodland; three sisters, Mrs. Jommie Payne, Woodland, Mrs. L A Moore, Woodland, Grace Neal, Woodland, and one half sister of Somerset, Ky., and a host of friends to mourn his passing.
Printed in the Houston Times Post dated July 15 1948
Body of Max L Neal Returned Home for Burial
The body of Pfc. Max Leon Neal was laid to rest under a beautiful mound of flowers in Pleasant Ridge cemetery on June 25 1948.
He was the oldest living son of Mr. and Mrs. Duffie Neal. He was born in Keiser, Ark., on Dec. 13 1912, being 22 years, one month and one week old, at death.
Max was killed in the Pacific theater of war on Morotai Island, Jan. 20 1945. He was with the 31st Dixie Division, 155th Inf., Co. I.
He was a Christian, and said he wanted to unite with Arbor Grove Missionary Baptist Church. His only furlough being in the last days of November before sailing for overseas in January, he would write home about going to preaching over there, and knew that God was just as near to him there as if he was at home, and if it was not his will for him to come back home, he was trusting in Jesus Christ to save his soul.
There were several of Max's friends around Houston overseas with him some of them saw the land mine blast when it killed him, and helped pick him up. His officers and chaplain wrote his parents that every man of his company attended his funeral. Gene Verell made pictures of his funeral services and burial over there to send home to his parents.
Most all the home boys who were at his funeral on Morotai Island were pallbearers for his funeral at Pleasant Ridge. They were as follows: Clyde Jr. Callahan, Harold Arndt, L B Hill, Rex Henley, Gene Glider, Gene Verell, Van Evans Davis and Wilma Bailey.
Wilma Bailey and Max took their training together in the States and were separated at Camp Pickett, Va. Wilma being sent to the European theatre.
Max leaves his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Duffie Neal, Woodland; two brothers, J D Neal of Port Washington, Wisconsin and Wilma Ray Neal, Woodland; three sisters, Mrs. Jommie Payne, Woodland, Mrs. L A Moore, Woodland, Grace Neal, Woodland, and one half sister of Somerset, Ky., and a host of friends to mourn his passing.
Body of Max L Neal Returned Home for Burial
The body of Pfc. Max Leon Neal was laid to rest under a beautiful mound of flowers in Pleasant Ridge cemetery on June 25 1948.
He was the oldest living son of Mr. and Mrs. Duffie Neal. He was born in Keiser, Ark., on Dec. 13 1912, being 22 years, one month and one week old, at death.
Max was killed in the Pacific theater of war on Morotai Island, Jan. 20 1945. He was with the 31st Dixie Division, 155th Inf., Co. I.
He was a Christian, and said he wanted to unite with Arbor Grove Missionary Baptist Church. His only furlough being in the last days of November before sailing for overseas in January, he would write home about going to preaching over there, and knew that God was just as near to him there as if he was at home, and if it was not his will for him to come back home, he was trusting in Jesus Christ to save his soul.
There were several of Max's friends around Houston overseas with him some of them saw the land mine blast when it killed him, and helped pick him up. His officers and chaplain wrote his parents that every man of his company attended his funeral. Gene Verell made pictures of his funeral services and burial over there to send home to his parents.
Most all the home boys who were at his funeral on Morotai Island were pallbearers for his funeral at Pleasant Ridge. They were as follows: Clyde Jr. Callahan, Harold Arndt, L B Hill, Rex Henley, Gene Glider, Gene Verell, Van Evans Davis and Wilma Bailey.
Wilma Bailey and Max took their training together in the States and were separated at Camp Pickett, Va. Wilma being sent to the European theatre.
Max leaves his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Duffie Neal, Woodland; two brothers, J D Neal of Port Washington, Wisconsin and Wilma Ray Neal, Woodland; three sisters, Mrs. Jommie Payne, Woodland, Mrs. L A Moore, Woodland, Grace Neal, Woodland, and one half sister of Somerset, Ky., and a host of friends to mourn his passing.
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