Howard Noel Neal (1913 - 2003)

Born 28 Oct 1913 in Macon, North Carolina, United States

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Died 5 May 2003 at age 89 in Hayesville, Clay, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Howard Noel Neal was born in October 1913 in Macon County, North Carolina, a the son of James Alexander Neal and Cora Cornelia Dills. He passed away in May 2003 in Clay County, North Carolina and is buried in Woods Grove Memorial Cemetery, Towns County, Georgia.^[1][2][3]

His family apparently moved back and forth between North Carolina and Georgia. They were in Georgia in 1910, but sons Howard (b 1913) and Eldon (b 1916) were born in North Carolina and Guy was born in Georgia in 1918. By 1930 they had moved to Hayesville, Clay County, NC.

He is listed in the 1920 US Census as living with his parents and several siblings in Clay County, North Carolina:^[4]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

John A Neal Head Male 39 North Carolina

Carra Neal Wife Female 38 North Carolina

Belna Neal Daughter Female 19 North Carolina

Elmer Neal Son Male 17 North Carolina

Gladdis Neal Daughter Female 11 North Carolina

Haward Neal Son Male 6 North Carolina

Eldan Neal Son Male 3 North Carolina

Guy Neal Son Male 1 Georgia

He is listed in the 1930 US Census as living with his parents and three younger brothers in Hayesville, North Carolina:^[5]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

John A Neal Head Male 49 North Carolina

Cora Neal Wife Female 48 North Carolina

Howard Neal Son Male 15 North Carolina

Eldon Neal Son Male 13 North Carolina

Guy Neal Son Male 11 North Carolina

Clifford Neal Son Male 6 North Carolina

He married Maude Martha Ann Matheson in the early 1930s. They had at least two children- a son and a daughter.

He is listed in the 1940 US Census as living with his wife and two children in Towns, Georgia:^[6]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Howard Neal Head Male 26 North Carolina

Maude Neal Wife Female 27 North Carolina

Noel Neal Son Male 6 North Carolina

Helen Neal Daughter Female 3 North Carolina

He registered for the WWII Draft in Young Harris, Georgia.^[7] It is not known if he was called for service.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #107217431
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VST4-Q5Q : 8 January 2021), Howard N Neal, 05 May 2003; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004 Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Deaths, 1997-2004. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina Death Records, 1968-1996. North Carolina Archives and Records Section, North Carolina County Records, 1908-1967. Raleigh, North Carolina.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKN-F7Q : 2 February 2021), Haward Neal in entry for John A Neal, 1920.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SC-DVY : accessed 22 February 2022), Howard Neal in household of John A Neal, Hayesville, Clay, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 6A, line 19, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1681; FHL microfilm 2,341,415.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7PR-8N6 : 8 January 2021), Howard Neal, District 990, Towns, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 139-4, sheet 17B, line 48, family 286, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 715.
7. ↑ "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QZ-BLYY : accessed 22 February 2022), Howard Noel Neal, 1940-1942; citing Young Harris, Towns, Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FamilySearch digital folder 005427717.