Jessalyn Elizabeth McNeill

JESSALYN ELIZABETH McNEILL Jessalyn Elizabeth McNeill, age 85, a resident of Cassville, Mo. died Sunday April 24, 2011 in the home of Gary and Dianne McNeill, Bartlesville, OK. Jessalyn was a Barry County native and a descent of early 1800’s Missouri pioneers in the Kings Prairie Community. Jessalyn attended Ozark grade school and was a graduate of the 1943 Purdy High School graduating class. She married Thomas King McNeill son of Bee and Rilda King McNeill of rural Purdy, Mo. Tommy and Jessalyn were married May 12, 1944 in the farm home of his grandparents Henry Smith King and Susan Riddle King, rural Purdy. That farm home remains today the McNeill family farm. Jessalyn enjoyed music, singing, and playing the piano. Her life was focused on caring for her parents and her husband Tommy. Grandchildren were a joy to Jessalyn. Jessalyn and Tommy spent the vast majority of their lives in Southwest Missouri. They lived in Purdy, Monett, Granby, a short 3 years in Wichita, Kansas, 12 years in Neosho, and the last 40 years in Cassville. Tommy and Jessalyn owned and operated Nifty Cleaners, Cassville from 1970 until their retirement in 1990. Both are North American Rockwell/Rocketdyne Neosho, Mo. retirees. Jessalyn is a lifelong member of the United Methodist faith and a member of the United Methodist Church, Cassville. She was preceded in death by her husband Thomas K. McNeill, her parents Jesse Samuel Marshall and Effie Emeline Smith Marshall, Macedonia Church Community, Purdy, Mo., her father in-law and mother in-law, Bee and Rilda McNeill, Purdy, Mo., niece Sue Ann Doennig, Republic, Mo., and nephew Jeffrey Samuel Marshall, Purdy, Mo. She is survived by her son Gary and his wife Dianne McNeill, Bartlesville, her grandchildren Craig McNeill, Tulsa, Scott and Valarie McNeill, Bartlesville, and Jeff and Jennifer McNeill Broken Arrow, and great grandchildren Logan McNeill and Kasidy McNeill, Bartlesville. Surviving are brother and sister in-law Charles and Alecia Marshall, Purdy, Mo., and brother in-law Nolan and Barbara McNeill Cassville, Mo., sister in-law Ida Sue Henderson, Springfield, Mo., sister in-law and brother in-law Bob and Virginia McCallister, Fairfax, Virginia, seven nephews, four nieces and numerous great nieces & nephews. Mrs. McNeill was received by Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory, Bartlesville, Ok. Graveside services will be at 11:00 am Thursday April 28th at Mt. Pleasant/New Church Cemetery, Butterfield, Mo., under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory, Bartlesville, Ok. PDF Printable Version

Jessalyn Elizabeth McNeill

August 15, 1925 - April 24, 2011