D5 VP Jim McNeill has passed away

[J_R]

D5 VP Jim McNeill passed away this morning.

God rest his soul.

JR

[J_R]

Posted on the D8 list:

Hello, 8list,

Funeral Services will be held at the following Ridout's Valley Chapel, Homewood Al 35209, 205 879 3401 services will be held at 2 pm on Monday. Jim McNiel has requested that in lieu of flowers donations should be sent to AMA designated for the McNeill Cup.

Best regards.

Dr.Sandy Frank
sfrank69@airmail.net
2004-05-22

[Red Scholefield]

James Edward McNeill

MCNEILL, JAMES EDWARD, age 81, died on May 21, 2004. He was the son of Vern and Jane McNeill of Burley, Idaho, and is survived by his wife of 57 years, Lucy Grovenstein McNeill; two daughters, Dr. Sally McNeill Ebaugh (Mr. Kenneth Sherwood Ebaugh) and Lucy McNeill LeMaster (Dr. Kenneth Franklin LeMaster); two granddaughters, Lulie DeBardeleben Ebaugh and Lucy Anne LeMaster. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. John Singleton, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Nancy Raufman, Janesville, Wisconsin. Mr. McNeill was a graduate of Georgia Tech. where he received an Engineering degree and was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He also held a Juris Doctorate from the Birmingham School of Law and was a member of Sigma Delta Kappa honorary society. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army Air Corps. He was decorated with the American Theater Ribbon, the European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with two Bronze Stars, the Good Conduct Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. Jim was a former VFW post commander in Bessemer, Alabama. He was co-founder of the Birmingham Chess Club. His avocation was designing, building, and flying free-flight model airplanes. He was a lifetime member of the national Academy of Model Aeronautics [AMA] where he held Lifetime License number L2. He was a member of its national Executive Council for the past 33 years, serving as District V Vice-President, and from 1979 to 1986, as the Secretary/Treasurer and Executive Vice-President. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to either the AMA McNeill Cups Fund [c/o Academy of Model Aeronautics, Inc., 5161 East Memorial Drive, Muncie, Indiana, 47302] or the St. Vincent's Bruno Cancer Center [c/o St. Vincent's Hospital, 810 St. Vincent's Drive, Birmingham, Alabama, 35205]. The family also wishes to convey special thanks to Dr. John Glover and the Bruno Cancer Center for their special attention and care over the last several years. Funeral Service will be Monday, May 24, 2004, at 2:00 p.m. in Ridout's Valley Chapel, Homewood.

Published in The Birmingham News on 5/24/2004.

[marcos5777]

I send my condolences. He was a fine man, with a beautiful and very smart family.

Love
Mark Branson in Florida