The Cleburne Newspaper Issue of Thursday, April 25, 1929
DR. W.A. NEAL BURIED SUNDAY AT HEFLIN
Anniston, Ala., April 21st
Funeral services for Dr. William Alexander Neal, age 70, who died at his home
in Oxford Saturday morning at 3:45 o'clock, will be held Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock from the residence with Rev. S.E. Hodges of the First
Presbyterian church of Anniston in charge. Interment will take place in the
Heflin cemetery.
Dr. Neal, who moved to Oxford six years ago after practicing his profession
for many years in Heflin, had been in ill health for about a year. He is
survived by his wife, a daughter Mrs. Haston B. Hollis of Heflin; five sons,
Dr. M.P. Neal of University of Missouri; Dr. T.C. Neal of Anniston; Dr. W.A.
Neal Jr. of Oxford; and Dr. R.D. Neal of Brewton; Dr. H.D. Neal of New
Orleans; a brother Dr. T.A. Neal of Orlando, Florida and a sister living in
San Domingo, California.
Pallbearers were J.A. Owens, Fred Osborn, H.A. McMurray, B.S. Doran, Judge
W.B. Merrill and B.P. Hollis.
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The Cleburne Newspaper Issue of Thursday, July 25, 1929
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER NEAL, M.D.
Dr. William Alexander Neal, of Oxford, a graduate of the University of Georgia
Medical Department in August 1881, died at his home April 20, 1929 of chronic
myocarditis.
Dr. Neal was born at Banksville, Georgia Dec. 31, 1858. He received part of
his medical education as a student or then termed "student rider" with Dr.
Lamartine G. Hardman, the present governor of Georgia. In 1882 he engaged in
the practice of medicine at Heflin, which was then little more than a frontier
village, through which the Southern Railway had just opened its lines toward
Birmingham. He was an active member of ethical medicine from the start and
always zealous of its progress and good name.
He served for a number of years on the medical examining board for the
licensure of practicioners of medicine. For many years he was a division
surgeon of the Southern Railroad. He gave up active practice in 1898 because
of ill health and went into the lumber business in Bibb County, later moving
to Birmingham.
During the World War he gave freely of his time and training in the care of
patients at the Hillman Hospital in Birmingham as a volunteer assistant to the
staff without pay.
Dr. Neal was a devout christian and a member of the Presbyterian church. In
December 1886 he married Miss Ella Jane Pinson, a resident of Heflin, and a
daughter of one of the pioneers of Cleburne County, Mr. Marcus Pinson.
Dr. Neal is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Gaston B. Hollis, both of
Oxford; a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Neal, a resident of California, a b rother Dr.
T.A. Neal of Orlando, Florida; five sons, Dr. M. Pinson Neal, Professor of
Pathology, University of Missouri of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri; Dr. T.C.
Neal, in practice in Anniston; Harold D. Neal a durggist in New Orleans; Dr.
William A. Neal Jr., (D.V.M.), Oxford; and Dr. Ralph D. Neal in state health
work at Brewton.
Dr. Neal was known and loved by thousands and his loss is felt by many who
were his former patients as well as those who numbered him as a friend. He
gave of his time, his energy and his skill so long as he was able to remain in
practice, to all who sought it, rich or poor alike. No home was too far away,
its inhabitants too poor or its furnishings too meagre, when it was called he
went, being the human touch, scattering sunshine, comfort and hope and giving
of the best that was in him. The essence of the life that he lived has been
remarkably portrayed by the words of another physician, Dr. Spencer M. Free,
of Dubois, Pa. in his poem, "The Human Touch":
"Tis the human touch in this world that counts,
The touch of your hand with mine.
Which means far more to the fainting heart,
than shelter and bread and wine.
For shelter is gone when the night is o'er,
and the bread lasts only a day,
but the touch of the hand, the sound of the voice,
sing on in the soul always."
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DR. W.A. NEAL BURIED SUNDAY AT HEFLIN
Anniston, Ala., April 21st
Funeral services for Dr. William Alexander Neal, age 70, who died at his home
in Oxford Saturday morning at 3:45 o'clock, will be held Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock from the residence with Rev. S.E. Hodges of the First
Presbyterian church of Anniston in charge. Interment will take place in the
Heflin cemetery.
Dr. Neal, who moved to Oxford six years ago after practicing his profession
for many years in Heflin, had been in ill health for about a year. He is
survived by his wife, a daughter Mrs. Haston B. Hollis of Heflin; five sons,
Dr. M.P. Neal of University of Missouri; Dr. T.C. Neal of Anniston; Dr. W.A.
Neal Jr. of Oxford; and Dr. R.D. Neal of Brewton; Dr. H.D. Neal of New
Orleans; a brother Dr. T.A. Neal of Orlando, Florida and a sister living in
San Domingo, California.
Pallbearers were J.A. Owens, Fred Osborn, H.A. McMurray, B.S. Doran, Judge
W.B. Merrill and B.P. Hollis.
Source:http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape522gnw.txt
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The Cleburne Newspaper Issue of Thursday, July 25, 1929
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER NEAL, M.D.
Dr. William Alexander Neal, of Oxford, a graduate of the University of Georgia
Medical Department in August 1881, died at his home April 20, 1929 of chronic
myocarditis.
Dr. Neal was born at Banksville, Georgia Dec. 31, 1858. He received part of
his medical education as a student or then termed "student rider" with Dr.
Lamartine G. Hardman, the present governor of Georgia. In 1882 he engaged in
the practice of medicine at Heflin, which was then little more than a frontier
village, through which the Southern Railway had just opened its lines toward
Birmingham. He was an active member of ethical medicine from the start and
always zealous of its progress and good name.
He served for a number of years on the medical examining board for the
licensure of practicioners of medicine. For many years he was a division
surgeon of the Southern Railroad. He gave up active practice in 1898 because
of ill health and went into the lumber business in Bibb County, later moving
to Birmingham.
During the World War he gave freely of his time and training in the care of
patients at the Hillman Hospital in Birmingham as a volunteer assistant to the
staff without pay.
Dr. Neal was a devout christian and a member of the Presbyterian church. In
December 1886 he married Miss Ella Jane Pinson, a resident of Heflin, and a
daughter of one of the pioneers of Cleburne County, Mr. Marcus Pinson.
Dr. Neal is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Gaston B. Hollis, both of
Oxford; a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Neal, a resident of California, a b rother Dr.
T.A. Neal of Orlando, Florida; five sons, Dr. M. Pinson Neal, Professor of
Pathology, University of Missouri of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri; Dr. T.C.
Neal, in practice in Anniston; Harold D. Neal a durggist in New Orleans; Dr.
William A. Neal Jr., (D.V.M.), Oxford; and Dr. Ralph D. Neal in state health
work at Brewton.
Dr. Neal was known and loved by thousands and his loss is felt by many who
were his former patients as well as those who numbered him as a friend. He
gave of his time, his energy and his skill so long as he was able to remain in
practice, to all who sought it, rich or poor alike. No home was too far away,
its inhabitants too poor or its furnishings too meagre, when it was called he
went, being the human touch, scattering sunshine, comfort and hope and giving
of the best that was in him. The essence of the life that he lived has been
remarkably portrayed by the words of another physician, Dr. Spencer M. Free,
of Dubois, Pa. in his poem, "The Human Touch":
"Tis the human touch in this world that counts,
The touch of your hand with mine.
Which means far more to the fainting heart,
than shelter and bread and wine.
For shelter is gone when the night is o'er,
and the bread lasts only a day,
but the touch of the hand, the sound of the voice,
sing on in the soul always."
Source:http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape525.txt
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The Cleburne Newspaper Issue of Thursday, April 25, 1929
DR. W.A. NEAL BURIED SUNDAY AT HEFLIN
Anniston, Ala., April 21st
Funeral services for Dr. William Alexander Neal, age 70, who died at his home
in Oxford Saturday morning at 3:45 o'clock, will be held Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock from the residence with Rev. S.E. Hodges of the First
Presbyterian church of Anniston in charge. Interment will take place in the
Heflin cemetery.
Dr. Neal, who moved to Oxford six years ago after practicing his profession
for many years in Heflin, had been in ill health for about a year. He is
survived by his wife, a daughter Mrs. Haston B. Hollis of Heflin; five sons,
Dr. M.P. Neal of University of Missouri; Dr. T.C. Neal of Anniston; Dr. W.A.
Neal Jr. of Oxford; and Dr. R.D. Neal of Brewton; Dr. H.D. Neal of New
Orleans; a brother Dr. T.A. Neal of Orlando, Florida and a sister living in
San Domingo, California.
Pallbearers were J.A. Owens, Fred Osborn, H.A. McMurray, B.S. Doran, Judge
W.B. Merrill and B.P. Hollis.
Source:http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape522gnw.txt
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The Cleburne Newspaper Issue of Thursday, July 25, 1929
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER NEAL, M.D.
Dr. William Alexander Neal, of Oxford, a graduate of the University of Georgia
Medical Department in August 1881, died at his home April 20, 1929 of chronic
myocarditis.
Dr. Neal was born at Banksville, Georgia Dec. 31, 1858. He received part of
his medical education as a student or then termed "student rider" with Dr.
Lamartine G. Hardman, the present governor of Georgia. In 1882 he engaged in
the practice of medicine at Heflin, which was then little more than a frontier
village, through which the Southern Railway had just opened its lines toward
Birmingham. He was an active member of ethical medicine from the start and
always zealous of its progress and good name.
He served for a number of years on the medical examining board for the
licensure of practicioners of medicine. For many years he was a division
surgeon of the Southern Railroad. He gave up active practice in 1898 because
of ill health and went into the lumber business in Bibb County, later moving
to Birmingham.
During the World War he gave freely of his time and training in the care of
patients at the Hillman Hospital in Birmingham as a volunteer assistant to the
staff without pay.
Dr. Neal was a devout christian and a member of the Presbyterian church. In
December 1886 he married Miss Ella Jane Pinson, a resident of Heflin, and a
daughter of one of the pioneers of Cleburne County, Mr. Marcus Pinson.
Dr. Neal is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Gaston B. Hollis, both of
Oxford; a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Neal, a resident of California, a b rother Dr.
T.A. Neal of Orlando, Florida; five sons, Dr. M. Pinson Neal, Professor of
Pathology, University of Missouri of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri; Dr. T.C.
Neal, in practice in Anniston; Harold D. Neal a durggist in New Orleans; Dr.
William A. Neal Jr., (D.V.M.), Oxford; and Dr. Ralph D. Neal in state health
work at Brewton.
Dr. Neal was known and loved by thousands and his loss is felt by many who
were his former patients as well as those who numbered him as a friend. He
gave of his time, his energy and his skill so long as he was able to remain in
practice, to all who sought it, rich or poor alike. No home was too far away,
its inhabitants too poor or its furnishings too meagre, when it was called he
went, being the human touch, scattering sunshine, comfort and hope and giving
of the best that was in him. The essence of the life that he lived has been
remarkably portrayed by the words of another physician, Dr. Spencer M. Free,
of Dubois, Pa. in his poem, "The Human Touch":
"Tis the human touch in this world that counts,
The touch of your hand with mine.
Which means far more to the fainting heart,
than shelter and bread and wine.
For shelter is gone when the night is o'er,
and the bread lasts only a day,
but the touch of the hand, the sound of the voice,
sing on in the soul always."
Source:http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape525.txt
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DR. W.A. NEAL BURIED SUNDAY AT HEFLIN
Anniston, Ala., April 21st
Funeral services for Dr. William Alexander Neal, age 70, who died at his home
in Oxford Saturday morning at 3:45 o'clock, will be held Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock from the residence with Rev. S.E. Hodges of the First
Presbyterian church of Anniston in charge. Interment will take place in the
Heflin cemetery.
Dr. Neal, who moved to Oxford six years ago after practicing his profession
for many years in Heflin, had been in ill health for about a year. He is
survived by his wife, a daughter Mrs. Haston B. Hollis of Heflin; five sons,
Dr. M.P. Neal of University of Missouri; Dr. T.C. Neal of Anniston; Dr. W.A.
Neal Jr. of Oxford; and Dr. R.D. Neal of Brewton; Dr. H.D. Neal of New
Orleans; a brother Dr. T.A. Neal of Orlando, Florida and a sister living in
San Domingo, California.
Pallbearers were J.A. Owens, Fred Osborn, H.A. McMurray, B.S. Doran, Judge
W.B. Merrill and B.P. Hollis.
Source:http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape522gnw.txt
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The Cleburne Newspaper Issue of Thursday, July 25, 1929
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER NEAL, M.D.
Dr. William Alexander Neal, of Oxford, a graduate of the University of Georgia
Medical Department in August 1881, died at his home April 20, 1929 of chronic
myocarditis.
Dr. Neal was born at Banksville, Georgia Dec. 31, 1858. He received part of
his medical education as a student or then termed "student rider" with Dr.
Lamartine G. Hardman, the present governor of Georgia. In 1882 he engaged in
the practice of medicine at Heflin, which was then little more than a frontier
village, through which the Southern Railway had just opened its lines toward
Birmingham. He was an active member of ethical medicine from the start and
always zealous of its progress and good name.
He served for a number of years on the medical examining board for the
licensure of practicioners of medicine. For many years he was a division
surgeon of the Southern Railroad. He gave up active practice in 1898 because
of ill health and went into the lumber business in Bibb County, later moving
to Birmingham.
During the World War he gave freely of his time and training in the care of
patients at the Hillman Hospital in Birmingham as a volunteer assistant to the
staff without pay.
Dr. Neal was a devout christian and a member of the Presbyterian church. In
December 1886 he married Miss Ella Jane Pinson, a resident of Heflin, and a
daughter of one of the pioneers of Cleburne County, Mr. Marcus Pinson.
Dr. Neal is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Gaston B. Hollis, both of
Oxford; a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Neal, a resident of California, a b rother Dr.
T.A. Neal of Orlando, Florida; five sons, Dr. M. Pinson Neal, Professor of
Pathology, University of Missouri of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri; Dr. T.C.
Neal, in practice in Anniston; Harold D. Neal a durggist in New Orleans; Dr.
William A. Neal Jr., (D.V.M.), Oxford; and Dr. Ralph D. Neal in state health
work at Brewton.
Dr. Neal was known and loved by thousands and his loss is felt by many who
were his former patients as well as those who numbered him as a friend. He
gave of his time, his energy and his skill so long as he was able to remain in
practice, to all who sought it, rich or poor alike. No home was too far away,
its inhabitants too poor or its furnishings too meagre, when it was called he
went, being the human touch, scattering sunshine, comfort and hope and giving
of the best that was in him. The essence of the life that he lived has been
remarkably portrayed by the words of another physician, Dr. Spencer M. Free,
of Dubois, Pa. in his poem, "The Human Touch":
"Tis the human touch in this world that counts,
The touch of your hand with mine.
Which means far more to the fainting heart,
than shelter and bread and wine.
For shelter is gone when the night is o'er,
and the bread lasts only a day,
but the touch of the hand, the sound of the voice,
sing on in the soul always."
Source:http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape525.txt
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