CALEDONIA — Cleveland “N.O.” Neal Jr., 50, died April 7, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. 

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Southside M.B. Church in Columbus, with Rayfield Evins Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 2-6 p.m. Friday, at Carter’s Funeral Services. Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus is in charge of arrangements. 

Mr. Neal was born Nov. 23, 1975, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Claudia McGee Neal and the late Cleveland Neal Sr. He was a 1992 graduate of John F. Kennedy High School and was formerly employed at Golden Triangle Waste Company, Ignacio Industrial and as owner of Do-Rite Maintenance, LLC. 

In addition to his mother, he is survived by his children, Kaylan Neal, Kaydan “Tay Tay” Neal, both of Columbus, Kito Hill Jr. of Arlington, Texas; and sister, Carla Neaal-Bush of Caledonia.