Death date: Feb 13, 2025
Obituary of Lanell Parker Neill Please share a memory of Lanell to include in a keepsake book for family and friends. View Tribute Book Lanell Parker Neill, 89, of League City passed away February 13, 2025. She is preceded in deat Read Obituary
I used to work for her and her husband . They were sweet people . Even when they went to nursing home I would still call her and go see them. And of course if you knew Howard he would ask me to pick him up some Sardines . I will miss her dearly. My condolences to the family. Mary Vaughn
I remember Howard and Lanell . They were very young. (I am not sure what year they married. I am sure this visit I am remembering was shortely after their marriage.)They came to Tenaha,Texas, and spent the night with my grandmother,Eva Sandlin, at the house Eva owned on highway 59. (Eva was the half-sister of Blanche Dean Neil. Blanche's mother, Alia (Ada) Dean, lived a short walk from Eva's house on the same highway.--perhaps this was the reason for the visit. Louise Sandlin Marvin
How do you measure a life, how do you sum up a life, all the choices and decisions that litter the path we have taken, what is note worthy and life altering? What is it, that makes up one’s life? From the moment one is conceived to the moment our earthly life is over, what stands out in the day to day activities that becomes the bedrock of a life; does anyone want to know what drives a life or brings meaning to a life? I never knew Lanell; but, I know her son, Wes. We met through work; a shared experience of caring for loved ones as they aged; and sadly, as what made them slowly faded away; as their mind deteriorated faster than their body.
Lanell enjoyed traveling around this great country, seeing God’s handiwork, seeing the beauty that made these sites become National Parks, some of the same sites we might have visited. There are some really beautiful places out west. Looking at the Grand Canyon, amazed at majestic snow covered mountains, watching the waves crash against the Rocky coast, staring up at the redwoods, these all remind me of the family trips taken in the years past,and how God’s handiwork declares his glory! Life is not about how many rocks you stack up, nor is it about your social media status or your impact on civilization. No, your life is not measured by earthly standards but by what you did with what God has given you. Look around, see what is going on in the world, sure there are a lot of scientific advances, great achievements, but there is a darker side, depression, oppression, apathy. Just look at news, there are a lot of people hurting and needing help. I don’t have an easy solution, I just know that God is putting circumstances in our lives to point to Him, to draw people closer to Him. Our lives should be based on love, compassion, forgiveness. In the end, everyone will see God, what matters is this: will God see you as His child or will He not? Lanell has made her choice, she will enter into His rest, embraced by the loving arms of Jesus, a life lived with hope and love, treasures stored up, peace beyond all measure, that is a life well lived.
Thinking of you at this time.With love,Jared and Mary Brewer & fam, Tim and Diane Starr
Lanell "Susie" Parker Neill was eight years old and in the third grade at Shepherd Elementary School in Shepherd, Texas, when this picture was taken. I remember well when she looked like this, since I am her younger brother. Every brother should have a sister like Susie. I cannot begin to tell of all the memories I have of growing up with Susie. We remained close even in our adult years. Sadly, I must say goodbye to my sister who taught me to count to 100, to read, and to write cursive.
Our many calls my whole life:
*She'd introduce me as knowing me before I was born (my parents lived close to them) & she took care of me when my dad got an offer for a job in Denver & Houston/NASA. But the rest is history both my dad & Mr. Neill took the NASA one......
* Loved music (Brenda & I both played)
* when I asked what movie she'd like on her birthday she chose "The Kings Speech" I took my laptop & long cord & set her up to enjoy & she really liked the music the best.
* She really liked getting items made by hand when I made her a new gown & pillowcase that matched she loved.
*best cook! She & my mom traded recipes(her banana bread recipe I made for her on some visits to see her she loved.
*old times conversation of our camping & fishing with my family
*I'd update her on my U of H graduate school program she lived to hear
*loved a good joke
*topics off Leon Hale
*Fort Worth & Houston events
*TV items Id call & say did you see the Olympics today? We had long chats on that summer
