Reuben Mckinley Mcneal

Full Name: Reuben M. McNeal Age: 56 Years
Current address: Topeka, Kansas

Date of death: Monday , February 24, 2003

Place of death: A Topeka area hospital


Date of birth: September 10, 1946 Place of birth: Kansas City, Kansas

Parents: Ralph McKinley and Bettie Jean Carpenter McNeal

Years in current city/town: 19 years

Background: Graduated from Salina Central High School. 4 Years in the United States Navy. He was the first black fire fighter and safety officer in the city of Salina. Owned and operated Midway Total Janitorial Service
of Salina and Topeka. He earned a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Marymount University in Salina, KS . He was a member of Woodard Temple Church of God in Christ, Salina, Kansas. He worked at the Colmery O-
Neil Veterans administration hospital. Member of Mount Moriah #5 Masonic Lodge. Attended First Southern
Baptist Church of Topeka.

Relatives: Married to: Lori S. Gillespie September 16, 1989 in Topeka KS She survives.

preceded in death by: his parents, Bettie Jean Pierce and A. D. Pierce and his father, Ralph McNeal
Immediate survivors:
Wife: Lori S. McNeal, of the home
Son: Preston James McNeal, Salina, KS
Son: Jeremy D. McNeal, Salina, KS
Daughter: Melissa L. McNeal, Salina, KS
Daughter: Michelle D. McNeal, Topeka, KS
Daughter: Morgan J. McNeal. Topeka, KS
Sister: Terrisa M. Ford, Salina, KS
Sister: Ella M. Pierce, Denver, CO
Grandchildren: 3

Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at First Southern Baptist Church at 9:30 am on February 28, 2003

Burial: Leavenworth National Cemetery

Visitation times, place:Mr. McNeal will lie in state at Penwell Gabel Midtown Chapel after 12:00 noon Thursday, February 27, 2003 where the family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m.

Memorial contributions, if any: First Southern Baptist church, 1912 Gage Topeka, KS 66604