Jimmie Robert Neal, 88, of Paris, passed away at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, at Paris Health Care Center. He was owner and president of Neal Machinery and Erectors, Inc.
Funeral services are 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at Stewart and Carroll Funeral Home. Burial follows in Franklin Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, at the funeral home.
Mr. Neal was born Feb. 18, 1928, in Ross Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, the son of the late Orville Dennis and Nellie Lee Butler Neal. He married Betty Jean Evard Neal March 23, 1946, and she passed away March 13, 2004. He married Bonnie Good Brown Neal Nov. 1, 2004, and she survives.
Other survivors include a son, Larry Robert (Peggy) Neal of Paris; stepchildren, Judy (Joe) Thagard of Stuart, Fla., Timothy P. (Janie) Brown of Paris, Becky L. (Rusty) Krabel of Chrisman, and Barbara (Brad) Prunkard of Sidell; grandchildren, Jeremy Robert (Elizabeth) Neal of Chrisman, Lori Ann (Steve) Craig of Terre Haute, Ind., Kimberly Dawn (Dallas) Coats of Paris and Christopher Michael (Kara) Neal of Temple, Texas; great-grandchildren, Jonathan, Amos, Rachel and Matthew Neal, Olivia and Samuel Coats and Roman Craig; step-grandchildren, Nick (Laura) Krabel of Georgetown, Toby Krabel of Chrisman, Lyndsey (Derrick) Norman of Tennessee, Hannah (Justin) Merritt of Sidell and Kimberly (David) Prunkard of Sidell; step-great-grandchildren, Jolee, Bristol and Lauren Brown; and a brother, Lester Allen Neal of Seymour, Ind.
He was preceded in death by his a son, Jimmie Allen Neal; a sister, Myrtle Ann Brown; and two brothers, Hubert Allen Neal and Dennis Lee Neal.
Mr. Neal was a member of Horace Baptist Church and Paris Masonic Lodge 268 AF & AM.
Memorial donations may be made to ECCF, Inc. DO IT Fund or the Alzheimers Support Group.
Online condolences may be left at www.stewartandcarrollfuneralhome.com.
