Verl Leonard McNece was born on December 8, 1937 in Powe, Missouri to the late Carl and Wilma (Perry) McNece.  He departed this life on January 9, 2015 at Greenville Regional Hospital in Greenville, Illinois at the age of 77.

Verl McNece served in the Army and was a member of the Teamsters Local 600 where he drove for Yellow Freight.

He was united in marriage to Eva Edwards on January 19, 1957 in Bernie, Missouri.

He is survived by his wife, Eva P. (Edwards) McNece of Pocahontas, Illinois; by two sons, Terry McNece and special friend Mary Hemker of Greenville, Illinois and Howard and Johnnie (Logan) McNece of Pocahontas, Illinois; by four daughters, Kathy (McNece) and Joseph Myers of Tuscola, Illinois, Janie (McNece) Duckwitz-Patchen and special friend, Gary Reed of Effingham, Illinois, Phyllis (McNece) and Kenny Kruengel of Altamont, Illinois and Shela (McNece) and Steve Yagow of Altamont, Illinois; by one brother, Keith McNece of Alton, Illinois; and by one sister, Helen Wright of Springfield, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by his son, Carl Anthony McNece; by one grandson, Kurt Holste; and by three brothers and four sisters.

Visitation will be January 14, 2015 at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. with funeral services being conducted at 2:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel. 

Burial will follow at Bethany Cemetery.