Sue Ella O'Neal

Sue Ella Watson O’Neal passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on February 3, 2025, at the age of 97. She was born September 28, 1927, in Alexandria, Louisiana. Services will be held on Monday, February 10 at 11:00 am at Boone Funeral Home in Bossier City. Visitation will begin at 10:00 am prior to the service. Interment will immediately follow at Hill Crest Memorial Park in Haughton. 

Sue graduated from Fair Park High School in 1944 and attended business school prior to her employment as a telephone operator for Southern Bell Telephone Company. She met and later married Donald R. O’Neal from Mississippi. They were the original “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man.” The couple had six children and Sue became a stay-at-home Mom. During her husband’s 24-year Air Force career, they were stationed in Oxford, MS; Washington, D.C.; Hawaii, and Guam, before returning to their home in Haughton. Don passed away in 1984 at the age of 55 after a lengthy illness. Sue enjoyed reading, working jigsaw puzzles, spending time with grandchildren, and watching television. Sue spoke her mind and would let you know exactly how she felt about any subject. Her grand and great-grandkids knew her as “Na Na”.

Sue was preceded in death by her husband, Donald R. O’Neal; parents, Thomas W. Watson, Jr. and Leon Ella Watson; and her brother, Thomas W. “Sonny” Watson III, and Dewayne Copeland.

Left to cherish her memory are her children, Donald “Cotton” O’Neal and wife, Donna, of Bossier City; Mitch O’Neal and wife, Linda, of Haughton; Kevin O’Neal and wife, Kathy, of Haughton; Linda Ellen O’Neal of Shreveport; Alice O’Neal and husband, William Averitt, of Stonewall; Ryan Lee O’Neal and wife, Lisa of Gore, Oklahoma; and grandchildren, Kelly Phillips and husband, Jeff; Matthew O’Neal and wife, Anna; Kristen Thomas and husband, Seth; Sarah Hatcher and husband, Cliff; Clare Averitt, Tanner O’Neal, Peyton O’Neal and Griffin O’Neal; and 12 great-grandchildren. Additionally, she leaves behind a nephew, Tom Watson IV and wife, Amy; and niece, Rebecca Watson.

Serving as pallbearers are Matthew O’Neal, Cliff Hatcher, Jeff Phillips, Seth Thomas, Tanner O’Neal, Peyton O’Neal, Griffin O’Neal and Aubrey Thomas.