Extracted from The Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS)
Friday, November 1, 2002

Austin E. McNeil

Service: 2 p.m. Sunday at Riemann Memorial Funeral Home, U.S. 49 North in Gulfport.

SAUCIER -- Mr. Austin E. McNeil, 83, passed on in Gulfport, October 30, 2002. He was of the Baptist faith.

Mr. McNeil was a native of Bay Springs, Ms. He worked for Houston Pipeline and Diamond M. Drilling. He retired from the oil field in the seventies.

He was preceded in death by his children's mother, Stella McNeil; his parents, Armstrong and Eula McNeil; and three sisters, Thelma McCord, Katherin Mims and Lottie Perry.

Survivors include three daughters, Ms. Charlene Parker, Patsy Morgan and Linda Schonewitz, all of Saucier; one son, Randy McNeil of Biloxi; one brother, Almond McNeil of Bay Springs; nine beautiful grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, at Riemann Memorial Funeral Home, U.S. 49 North in Gulfport. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002, at the funeral home chapel, with burial in Saucier Cemetery.