ALVIN NEAL

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MR. ALVIN NEAL, AGE 94, OF DONALSONVILLE AND FORMERLY OF DEARING, GA, WHO PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 29, 2006 AT SEMINOLE MANOR NURSING HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. NEAL WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, DEC. 2, 2006 AT 2:00 PM AT THE CHAPEL OF BEGGS FUNERAL HOME IN THOMSON, GA WITH REV. ERIC BOOMER OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN NEAL CEMETERY IN DEARING, GA. VISITATION WILL BE ON FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 1, 2006 FROM 7:00-9:00 AT BEGGS FUNERAL HOME. VISITATION WILL BE HELD IN DONALSONVILLE ON THURSDAY, NOV. 30, FROM 6:00-7:00 PM AT EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME. MR. NEAL WAS BORN IN DEARING, GA ON FEB. 13, 1912 TO THE LATE BRIGHT AND VALLIE BELL NEAL. HE WAS A RETIRED FARMER. MR. NEAL HAD LIVED IN DONALSONVILLE SINCE 1995. MR. NEAL LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY A DAUGHTER, BETTY NEAL HOLLEY OF DONALSONVILLE, GA; TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW, REBIE NEAL OF DEARING, GA AND EVELYN KIRKSEY OF DONALSONVILLE, GA; SIX GRANDCHILDREN, RHONDA PAYNE, BRENDA ZACHARY, JACOB HOLLEY, JR. AND LINDA, DR. JEFF HOLLEY AND VICKI, BETSY DUBOSE, AND JOY BELL AND BRAD; AND 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON-IN-LAW, DR. JACOB HOLLEY, A GRANDSON-IN-LAW, KEVIN PAYNE, TWO BROTHERS, JOHNNY NEAL AND IRA NEAL; AND A SISTER, MIRIAN NEAL ANGEL. EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH ARRANGEMENTS.