Leslie Middleton Neal went to be with her Lord Friday, Jan. 23, 2015.  She was 45.

She was born April 29, 1969, in Vicksburg.

She graduated from Porter’s Chapel Academy and Mississippi State University, and was a licensed private investigator and a member of the Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her father, Thomas Lee Middleton, and her brother, Richard Lee Middleton, both of Vicksburg; and an uncle, David L. Middleton of North Carolina.

She is survived by her husband, Emmett R. Neal of Paducah, Ky; daughters, Ashley McLemore of Virginia, and McKenzie Neal and Chynna Neal, both of Paducah; sons, Emmett H. Neal II and Ryder C. Neal, both of Paducah; mother, Vickey T. Middleton of Vicksburg; two sisters, Martha Middleton-Odom of Louisiana and B.J. Middleton of California; two aunts, Darlene M. Williams of Lufkin, Texas, and Linda M. Creamer of Tennessee; and other family members.

Pallbearers will be members of her family, David Middleton, Zane Kellicut-Odom, Will Harbor, Billy Leist, Steve Leist, Michael Pearson, Randy Norris, and Mark Stacy.

Honorary pallbearers will be Joshua Lawrence and Randy Templeton.

Graveside services will be noon Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, at Yokena Cemetery at with Tom Tankersley officiating.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Glenwood Funeral Home in Vicksburg.

Memorials may be made to the French Camp Academy at 201 School St., French Camp, MS 39745.