Jesse Monroe Neal

Jesse Monroe Neal, 32, Joplin, Mo., passed away Sunday, July 6, 2008, the result of an automobile accident in Barton County, Mo. He was born May 4, 1976, in Nevada. He was married to Camie Jean Evans on Oct. 1, 2004, in Miami, Okla.

Jesse grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School. He has lived in Joplin for the past three and a half years. He worked for Building Specialities in Joplin for the past four years. Jesse loved spending time with his son and enjoyed camping, boating, and water sports at Grand Lake with his wife and family.

In addition to his wife Camie, he is survived by one son, Treysen Neal, Nevada, Mo.; four stepchildren, Austin, Cassidy, Jacob, and Michael; his mother and stepfather Susan Kay and Wiley Boatright, Joplin, Mo.; his father, John Lee Neal and his wife Kim, El Dorado Springs, Mo.; two brothers, John Neal, El Dorado Springs, Mo., Gary Neal, Joplin, Mo.; one half-brother, Nathan Neal, El Dorado Springs, Mo.; two half-sisters, Kimberly Massengail and Angie Neal, El Dorado Springs, Mo.; two stepsisters, Tennille Lundien, Miami, Okla., and Jennifer Morrison, Battleground, Wash.; stepbrother, Jay Boatright, Battleground, Wash.; grandmother, Maude Blodgett, El Dorado Springs, Mo., and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one brother, Michael Kristopher Neal in 1978; his grandmother, Leta Mae Moore in 1998, and one niece, Shaeleigh Kay Neal in 2000.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., on Thursday, July 10, at Ferry Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada. Friends may call now and until the hour of service and the family receives friends 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, July 9, at the funeral home.

Those who wish may contribute to the Treysen Neal Trust Fund in care of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, Mo.

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