David Paul O'Neal (Seymour)'s Obituary
David Paul O’Neal, age 20, a life-long resident of Seymour, Missouri, passed away Sunday, December 31, 2017 in Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.
David was born November 3, 1997 at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, the son of Jimmy Paul O’Neal and Beatrice Marie Brock. He grew up in Seymour and attended Seymour schools for a time, getting his GED in 2013. He had been employed as a steel former. He loved tearing things apart to see how they worked since he was a little boy. Mud racing, working on cars, fishing and camping were how he would spend his time off.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather Paul Brock, a great grandfather David Manar, an aunt Angela Brock, a cousin Katie Haverstick and an uncle Derrick James.
Survivors include his father Jim O’Neal, Sr. of Seymour, MO; his mother Beatrice Brock of Mountain Grove, MO; a son Colby Paul O’Neal of Seymour, MO; a brother Jimmy O’Neal, Jr. of Seymour, MO; 2 sisters Hailey O’Neal of Muskogee, Oklahoma and Kimberly Hance of Seymour, MO; 2 grandmothers Diane Banks of Seymour, MO and Tina Monteith of Mountain Grove, MO and his great grandmother Frieda Manar of Seymour, MO as well as numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
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