Betty Jane Mcneal

A daughter was born to Dwight E. and Virginia C. Wood on August 23, 1959, she was named Betty Jane. On May 5, 2016 she walked the stairway to heaven to be with God and she played her music she loved, the organ and the viola that she played at Anderson High School, class of 1977.

She met and married her husband in school and they just had their 39th year of marriage. Robert W. McNeal was the love of her life and their love still shines.

Robert W. (Alesia) McNeal, II and Candice McNeal-Coen were born of this union. Four grandchildren Skyler and Jaxon Coen, Kirsten McNeal and Caitlin Morse are left to love their grandmother, as is her mother, Virginia C. Wood. She also leaves two sisters, Kathy (Les) King and Sherry (Don) Watson; two brothers, Ron (Dianne) Wood, Sr., and Dwight E. Wood, Jr.; brother-in-law, John McNeal; and sister-in-law, Margaret McNeal-Halligan.

Loved ones who are gone include her father, Dwight, Sr., Les King, Ron Wood, Jr., grandparents, Arthur and Gladys Antrobus and in-laws, Fred and Carol Mc Neal.

She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Indiana Business College.

She loved Myrtle Beach, SC and that was her goal to go once more with her husband and family.

Thanks to the many people who helped her along the way, including Cammie Rae Ann and Alesia.

Funeral service will be 12 noon Saturday at Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Service & Crematory. Burial will follow at East Maplewood Cemetery.

Visitation will be 10-12 noon Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association or the American Cancer Society.