Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Neal wuxuu ku dhashay meel u dhow Clayton, Texas, wuxuuna ahaa gabadha William Lafayette iyo Martha (Gholston) Neal, oo labaduba ka yimid Texas oo ka yimid Georgia si ay u raadiyaan fursado wanaagsan. Waxay ahayd tan labaad ee afar carruur ah, waxayna ku noolayd Carthage u dhow inta badan nolosheeda. Waxay ahayd Carthage markii ugu horreysay ee ay la kulanto siyaasadda gobolka, markii Guddoomiyaha gobolka Texas John Ireland uu u yimid inuu hadlo 1885 ama 1886; waxay mar dambe ka hadli doontaa aragtidii booqashadiisu ku sameysay iyada. Waxay ka qeyb gashay Sam Houston State Teachers College, laakiin ma aysan qalin jabin. Waxay waqti gaaban wax ku baraysay deegaankeeda Panola County iyo Fort Worth ka hor inta aysan ku laaban Carthage sanadkii 1903; si kastaba ha noqotee, waxay haysatay xiisaha waxbarashada inta ka hartay nolosheeda. Soo noqoshadeeda waxay ugu horrayn sabab u ahayd caafimaad xumo hooyadeed. Aabaheed wuxuu iibsaday wargeyska toddobaadlaha ah ee maxalliga ah, "Texas Mule", waxayna noqotay tifaftiraha iyo daabacaha. Waxay magaceeda u beddeshay "Register East Texas" waxayna ku sii jirtay ilaa iibkeedii sanadkii 1911. Waxay ka mid ahayd haweenkii ugu horreeyay ee Texas ee daabaca wargeys, waxaana lagu yaqaanay horumarkeeda. Neal waxay aad ugu firfircoonayd arrimaha bulshada deegaanka laga soo bilaabo bilowgii xirfadeeda. Sanadkii 1921 waxay noqotay haweeneydii ugu horreysay ee ku jirta guddiga maamulayaasha Kulliyadaha Macallimiinta Gobolka, waxayna sii joogtay jagadaas illaa 1927. Waxay hoggaaminaysay dadaallada degmadeeda si ay u hesho codbixinta haweenka, waxayna ahayd haweeneydii ugu horreysay ee degmada ka codeyneysa. Waxay ahayd haweeneydii ugu horeysay ee ka tirsan guddiga fulinta ee xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ee gobolka, waxay ahayd wakiil ka socotay
Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga San Francisco 1920 Waxay sidoo kale xubin ka ahayd guddiga Ururka Texas ee Carruurta Naafada ah.