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Dubby McNeill
1950-1971
Clifford W. "Dubby" McNeill was born February 17, 1950 in Los Angeles, California. He was the son of Clifford W. McNeill and Florence A. Cates McNeill.
Dubby, a college student was in an automobile accident in Houston on January 23, 1971. He passed away on January 24, 1971, due to head injuries.
Houston Chronicle, Monday, Jan 25, 1971; page 55:
FUNERAL TODAY FOR STUDENT FATALLY INJURED
Services for Clifford W. McNeill, 20, a University of Houston student killed in a traffic crash, were held today at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church.
McNeill, 2100 Winrock, died in Memorial Baptist Hospital Northwest Sunday.
He was thrown from his pickup truck after it collided with a car at the Northwest Freeway and W. 43rd, Saturday. His head struck the curb.
The driver of the car, Eva Docelia Cooter, 71 of 872 Bettina, was charged with negligent homicide.
McNeill, a graduate of Spring Woods High School, was buried in Cemetery.
He was the city's 9th traffic death this year compared with 11 at this time last year.
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Texas
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Pam Koska (Carter)
Dubby was a great neighbor and friend. He used to play "Midnight Ghost" with me and other kids on the block. Last time I saw him was one afternoon maybe in late summer or early fall 1971 when he and Mike McMahan and Debi Gauerke and I went to the "Ice House" on Westview (I think it was there), had a beer and danced a little. Debi found me later at Sam Houston and told me how Dubby had died. It was a terrible tragedy and he is still missed by everyone to this day.Paul Nevels
Dubby went with me to visit the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the late spring/early summer of 1968. His brother was a professional football player (punter) with the Saints in New Orleans. Lafayette was only about 150 miles away, so he was interested in attending ULL to be closer to his brother. Had I chosen to attend ULL (rather than LSU), Dubby and I would have probably been roommates our freshman year, as my grandparents had a small cottage near the campus where we would have lived for free. Dubby never went to school there, and I lost track of him. I don't know the details of his death, but he was a good guy who everyone enjoyed being around.Dennis Maroney
Dubby along with Mark Monroe, Ashley Burlson and myself, used to go surfing together, he was a great guy and his death occured while I was in the Military. I did stop by his home and give my condolences to his parents.