Funeral Service: 10 am August 3, 2020 at Laurel Land Memorial Chapel. Visitation: 9 am to 10 am hour prior to service. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park.
Neal was a 7th generation Texan born to a pioneer family who came to Texas in 1833. He joined the Army, and was stationed in Guam in 1949 as part of the 780th Field Artillery before serving two years of duty in Korea. In 1950, Neal married his lifelong sweetheart, Laura Nell Bush and began a 66 year love affair and together became successful business owners in Mansfield.
Neal is Preceded by his wife of 65 years, Laura Nell Bush; son, Thomas Earl Eaton; and parents, Earl Houston Eaton and Naomi Biggs Eaton. He is survived by daughter, Sharon Ann Eaton Sandoval, Alvarado Texas, and son Timothy Neal Eaton, Mansfield Texas. grandchildren; Amanda Brooke Slaughter Eaton PHD, Denver Colorado, Susan Delane Eaton Hibdon, Arlington Texas, Billy Floyd Eaton, Mansfield, Texas, Andy Lorenzo Sandoval, Albuquerque New Mexico, Laura Nicole Eaton, Fort Worth Texas, Natalie Hope Eaton Hahn, Fort Worth Texas; fifteen Great Grand Children.