Neal Eugene

Sooter

Mr. Neal Eugene Sooter, 47 years of Sarcoxie, Missouri departed this life on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 12:55 a.m. at the Sarcoxie Nursing Center in Sarcoxie, Missouri after several years of ill health. Neal entered this life on December 8, 1961 in Carthage, Missouri one of five children born to the union of Patricia L. (Welde) and the late Jack W. Sooter. He was raised in Sarcoxie, Missouri and was a 1980 graduate of the Sarcoxie High School. He then served his country faithfully in the United States Army and was stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He was forced to take an early honorable discharge do to health reasons. He attended Mid-America Nazarene College in Olathe, Kansas before moving to Conway, Arkansas in 1991. He was employed by Faulkner County Health Department before returning home to Sarcoxie, Missouri in 1998. He attended worship services at Calvary Nazarene Church in Joplin, Missouri. Neal is survived by a son, Jeremiah N. Sooter of Joplin, Missouri; his mother, Patricia Sooter of Sarcoxie, Missouri; a sister, Treva Downey and husband, Raymond, of St. Charles, Missouri; three brothers, Dennis R. Sooter and wife, Theresa, of Sarcoxie, Missouri, Mark W. Sooter and wife, Cindy, of Holts Summit, Missouri and Greg D. Sooter and wife, Ann, of Carthage, Missouri; many nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other family and friends. Funeral services for Mr. Sooter are 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at the Calvary Nazarene Church at 28th and Connecticut in Joplin, Missouri with Reverends Jim and Tim Martin officiating. Burial will follow in the Sarcoxie Cemetery in Sarcoxie, Missouri. Those honoring his life by serving as pallbearers are Dennis Sooter, Mark Sooter, Greg Sooter, Greg Downey, Kevin Sooter and Ken Rushing. Isaac Sooter will serve as an honorary pallbearer. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening from 6-8:00 p.m. at the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home Chapel in Sarcoxie, Missouri. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.