Lessie McNeil's Obituary
Lessie McNeil 71 of Decatur died Sunday January 21, 2007 in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be 11:00 am Thursday January 25, 2007 in Moran & Goebel Funeral Home. Visitation will be one hour before services. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Lessie was born on May 28, 1935 in Clarksdale, MS the daughter of Richard and Lula Mae Scott Hardy. She left Mississippi in 1963 and moved to Chicago, IL and then moved to Decatur in 1987.
She laves not to mourn but cherish fond memories her children, D.C. Hardy, Mary, Tennin, Rick Hardy, Robert McNeil Jr., Anthony McNeil and wife Renee; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild; special friends, Betty McDade and Arlene Oliver.
She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter, Yolanda McNeil, brothers and sisters, Rachel Hardy, Bertha Hardy, Lue Willie Hardy, Richard Hardy Jr., Le Andrew Hardy, Fred Hardy, Lucy Coleman, Moses Hardy, Beatrice Scott, and Louise Hardy.
The family of Lessie McNeil is being served by Moran & Goebel Funeral Home, 2801 N. Monroe Street, View the on-line obituary and send condolences to the McNeil family at www.moranandgoebel.com.
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