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Memorial services held for attorney Stanley E. Neely
Memorial services were held Nov. 30 at Highland Park Presbyterian Church for Stanley E. Neely. Neely died Nov. 24 at his home. He was 80 years old.
Neely was born in Comanche, Texas, on June 27, 1918. He grew up in Dallas. He graduated from North Dallas High School and earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a Phi Beta Kappa, student body president, a starting end on the Longhorn football team, a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and a Texas Cowboy.
After serving in World War II as a lieutenant commander in the Navy, he joined the law firm of Locke, Locke and Purnell and became a name partner of Lock, Purnell, Boren, Lathey and Neely in 1959. He later served as president of the firm and engineered the merger creating the law firm Lock Purnell Rain Harrell.
Neely was a long-standing member of the Highland Park Presbyterian Church, serving as both deacon and elder, and was also a 32nd degree Mason. He was appointed by Gov. Bill Clements to be chairman of the Texas State Commission for the Deaf. He served as president of Idlewild and Coon Creek Clubs and as a member and governor of both the Dallas Country Club and Brook Hollow Golf Club.
Neely is survived by his wife, Nancy White Neely, and his sister Adele Locke Seybold, and her husband, Dr. William Seybold. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marjorie Blair Neely, with whom he has four surviving children: sons Wilson S. Neely and wife, Victoria, of New York City; Robert B. Neely and wife, Laura, of Dallas; and Richard S. Neely and wife, Kathleen, of Dallas; and daughter Nancy Foran and husband, Joe, of Dallas; and 12 grandchildren. He is also survived by stepsons Walter Pfluger and wife, Sheryl, of San Angelo; Bob Pfluger and wife, Katrina, of San Angelo; and stepdaughter Audrey Williams and husband, Steve, of Dallas; and seven step-grandchildren.
Donations may be sent to The Stanley E. Neely Memorial Fund c/o Highland Park Presbyterian Church or to a charity of your choice.
Park Cities People (Dallas, TX), Dec 10, 1998, p. 37
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1918 - 1998 (80 years)
