JACKIE LYNN NEAL

Jackie Lynn Neal, age 59, passed from this life on Sunday, November 9, 2014, at his home in Strunk, Kentucky.

Jackie was a retired coal miner having worked in the mines for 27 years, last working for Greenwood Land and Mining Company.  He was a logger for Jim and Todd Martin and a truck driver.  He was a hard worker and a jack of all trades.  In his free time, he enjoyed fishing, trapping, coon hunting, and watching people train horses.  He loved farming, animals and enjoyed life to the fullest.  He especially loved his family who will truly miss him.

Jackie was born July 5, 1955, to the late Darrell and Magdalene (Lay) Neal.   Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by two sisters; Eileen Marion and Gail Neal Moore.

Surviving family include two sons; Jackie Neal, Jr. and Bradley Howard both of Strunk, and two daughters; Crystal Neal Richmond of Russell Springs, Kentucky, and Lisa Neal Wilson of Strunk.  He has two brothers; Davy and Delmar Neal both of Strunk, a sister; Ella Moore of Pine Knot, seven grandchildren; Neatina, Blake, Kaidence Faith, Tyler, Jeremiah, Jordan, and Kylie, one great grandchild, Kailynn, and the mother of his children; Julie Ann Neal.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at the Hayes Creek Church of God with Rev. William Kilby officiating.  Burial was in the Hayes Creek Cemetery.  

Pine Knot Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arrangements.