Donald Leon McNeese, age 63 of Lyerly, GA, passed away Sunday in Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. McNeese was born Nov. 19, 1948, in Trion, GA, the son of the late Walter Lee and Mary Grace McWhorter McNeese. He was retired from Mohawk, veteran of the U.S. Army having served in Vietnam, was a member of the New Faith Tabernacle, and preceded in death by a brother, Lamar NcNeese, and a grandson, Larry Dewayne Martin, Jr. Survivors include his wife, Betty McNeese, son & daughter-in-law, Nathaniel & Tammie McNeese, daughters & sons-in-law, Teresa & Terry Busbin, Cletta & Pete Farrow, Sherry & Jon Mitchell, Becky & Shawn Edwards, Catrina Salgado & Jose Castro, sisters, Ann Bullard, Nancy Harris, Faye Fhigpen, brothers, Jerry McNeese, Leroy McNeese, David McNeese, Lawayne McNeese, Greg McNeese, 16 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Feburary 8, 2012, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Walter Morgan and Rev. Jerry Rutledge officiating with interment in the AMI Cemetery, with military rite conducted by the American Legion Post #5 Honor Guard. Active pallbearers, Keith Burrage, Terry Busbin, Pete Farrow, Jon Mitchell, Shawn Edwards, Harry Farrow, III, Collin Cooper, Joseph Burrage, III. Honorary pallbearers, Brothers-in-law and Lebron Long. Mr. McNeese will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to the Tommy Dye medical fund for transplant.