Meet In CommonNews

Local

Jimmie H. O’Neal

Meet in Common connects news with real conversations. Use ThinkMatch to arrange a Roundtable and meet people to discuss this story.

Source: Lawrence County Press

A celebration of life will be held for Jimmie H. O’Neal at 2 p.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, at Topeka Baptist Church with visitation from 1 until the time of the service. There will also be a visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the church. Burial will be at Roberts Memorial Cemetery in Jayess. Jimmie H. O’Neal, 75, of Jayess, passed away on Nov. 8 in Hattiesburg. He was born on Feb. 22, 1951, in Sledge. Jimmie was a member of Topeka Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting, golfing, and spending time with his grandchildren. Preceding him in death were his parents, Harl and Mabel O’Neal; his wife, Martha Reans O’Neal; his brother, Harl “Bud” O’Neal Jr.; and sister, Judy Hales. Those left to cherish his memory are his sons, Jason O’Neal and wife Rachel, and Tyler O’Neal and wife Leslie; and his six grandchildren, Cooper, Cohen, Finn, Casen, Callen, and Fields.

This excerpt comes from the named source. Read the original for the full reporting.

Read the original at Lawrence County Press

Featured places to meet in Hattiesburg, MS

Explore these places and arrange a conversation through ThinkMatch.

Arby's

Arby's 6178 US 98 Hattiesburg, MS, 39402 US

City guide for Hattiesburg, MS

Community Poll

Products should disclose expected service life and repairability before purchase.

Share your view, then see how readers voted. No sign-in required. This poll is shared across stories.

Do you agree or disagree?

Choose one answer

Common Quandary

A Common Quandary to discuss

Another conversation to explore, separate from this news story.

Software says a student cheated with AI. Is that enough to fail the paper?

A teacher suspects several essays were written with AI. Detection software marks one student's work as highly likely to be generated, but the software is known to make mistakes and the student denies using it.

How should responsibility be assigned when evidence is powerful but unreliable?

Explore this quandary