[“He was well known in the community for basketball and was proud to talk about his career,” Stephenson said. “But we were number one. He would always take us (grandchildren) on vacation, sometimes two at a time, but it was always fair.
“There are so many memories with him.”
O’Neal’s wife, Elaine (married 68 years), survives, as does his three children, seven grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
A successful basketball player at Eden High School (later consolidated into Hancock Central and eventually Greenfield-Central), O’Neal, a 6-foot-2 forward, was Hancock County’s first 1,000-point scorer and led the Flyers to back-to-back sectional titles during the 1945-46 seasons.]
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