NAME: JOSEPH RANDOLPH NEAL, AGE 45, MIDWEST CITY, OK RESIDENT AND FORMER LONGTIME STRINGTOWN RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 26, 1920 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO WILLIE AND ESSIE M. (HADDLEY) NEAL. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1996 AT MIDWEST CITY REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 76 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: OLA DOROTHY EWING IN 1952 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE RETIRED FROM MILITARY SERVICE AFTER 30 YEARS, WORKED FOR THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND MCALESTER NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MILES CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN, OK. HE GREW UP IN STRINGTOWN AND WORKED FOR YEARS AT CCC CAMP. HE ENTERED THE U. S. ARMY AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR II, KOREA, AND VIETNAM. HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL COOK AND LOVED TO BARBEQUE FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. JOE JUST LOVED GET-TOGETHERS, COOKING, GARDENING, AND FISHING. SURVIVED BY FORMER WIFE: DOROTHY NEAL. SONS: MITCHELL JOE NEAL OF LACEY, WA. WILLIE NEAL OF SEATTLE, WA. RANDAL NEAL OF SEATTLE, WA. SISTERS: LAURA COLBERT OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BESSIE CROOMS OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: LAWRENCE NEAL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. UNCLE: CHARLES KIRK OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TALITHA, KIERA, KYRIA, AND MICHAEL HANSARD OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIE AND ESSIE NEAL. BROTHERS: CLEVELAND, WILLIE JR., AND J. B. NEAL. SISTERS: BERTE MAE NEAL AND OCTAVIA MILES.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1996 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL. ~ ATOKA, OK INTERMENT: WELLS CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GERALD STEPHENS. CASKETBEARERS: JAMES OULDS, RICKY NEAL, TONY COLBERT, DARYLE MILES, SAM DEWBERRY, VERNON COLBERT. FLOWER BEARERS: CORETHA VINEY, SHARLOTTE VINEY, NANCY WASHINGTON, BETTY WASHINGTON, GLORIA J. GREEN, WANDA FAY SMITH.