[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14367]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     IN MEMORY OF ARLIE WAYNE NEAL

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 24, 1999

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of Arlie Wayne Neal, 59, City Manager of Nevada, 
Missouri.
  Mr. Neal was born Aug. 18, 1939, in Higgenson, Arkansas, to Ira Earl 
and Viola Pearle Cole Neal. He married Patricia Walters on July 19, 
1960, in Uxbridge Middlesex, England.
  Mr. Neal joined the Air Force in 1959. He served in the Viet Nam 
conflict and two tours in Germany and Thailand. He served for 31 years, 
retiring in 1990 at the rank of Colonel. His decorations include the 
Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Meritorious Service 
Medal with four oak leaf clusters and the Legion of Merit Medal.
  Mr. Neal was the City Manager in Frontenac, Missouri, prior to his 
move to Nevada, Missouri in 1993. He served as City Manager of Nevada 
from 1993 to present.
  Mr. Neal was active in the community. He managed the Nevada Boxing 
Club for the past four and one-half years. He was also a member of the 
All Saints' Episcopal Church in Nevada, Missouri. He belonged to many 
running clubs in Germany and Mississippi, participating in numerous 
marathons. He was a member of the Kansas City Golden Gloves Boxing 
Association, and coach of the year in 1997.
  Survivors include his wife, Patricia; his four daughters, Carol Ann 
Michaels, Donna Davenport, Patricia New, and Sara Lundin; his mother, 
Pearle Neal, three brothers, Earl, Jimmy, and Archie; one sister, Rita 
Davis, and six grand-children. Mr. Speaker, I know this body joins me 
in expressing sympathy to the family of this great Missourian.

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