Carroll G. Neves

Carroll Gene Neves, of Midland, TX, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on November 14, 2022, after a long battle with heart disease. Gene was born on March 11, 1947 to Eugene Allen Neves and Marjorie Lavonia Potts Neves in Sweetwater, TX. After Gene graduated from San Angelo Central High School in 1965, he was drafted by the US Army, but he chose to join the Navy, where he served for four years. While in the Navy, he met his sweet wife, Donna June Burk, of Midland, TX. Donna worked at a beauty salon with Gene's aunt, Lucretia Potts, who told her about her nephew in the Navy. Shortly thereafter, Gene and Donna started writing letters and talked on the phone, then finally met in person after about six months on a double date, with the match-makers, Gene's uncle and aunt, Larry and Lucretia Potts. Two months after meeting in person, they were married. On June 29th of this year, they celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary. After his stint in the Navy, he attended Brazosport College, in Lake Jackson, TX, where he earned his Associates Degree. After college, he went to work for Dow Chemical. Then, he and Donna moved to Lubbock, TX, where he then earned his electrician's license, and went on to become a Master Electrician after moving to Midland, TX in 1975. Gene and Donna had two children, Cameron and Jennifer. Gene started working for ARCO Pipeline in 1983, which then moved them to Independence, KS in 1985. While there, they were involved in the church and community. Gene became a deacon for First Southern Baptist Church of Indepence, KS in 1986. Then in 1991, ARCO Pipeline moved them once again, and this time, to Houston, TX. Gene took early retirement from ARCO in 1999. Shortly thereafter, he and Donna moved to Porum, OK, where they bought a hunting preserve and named it Duchess Creek Ranch. Later on, in 2004, they moved to Dallas, where he went to work for Holly Corp, then back to Midland, TX in 2006, when he got a job as a pipeline scheduler for Plains All-American Pipeline. Gene loved hunting, fishing and the outdoors. He also loved to spend time with his family. He was a wonderful, loving husband, an outstanding father, and an incredibly loved grandpa. He and Donna were longtime members of Wilshire Park Baptist Church of Midland, TX, where he was also a deacon. They, along with their kids and grandkids stayed busy with the many different church, school, sporting, and community activities. Gene was preceded in death by his father, Eugene Neves, his mother, Marjorie Potts Neves, his brother, Ron Neves, sister, Karen Neves, niece Dana Fryer and grandson, Christopher Neves. He is survived by his wife Donna Burk Neves, his son, Cameron Neves, wife Stephanie Nichols Neves, and their three children, Abigail and her children Nate and Ashton, Ashley and John; his daughter, Jennifer Neves Cox, husband, Jimmy Cox, and their children, Austin Ramsel, Hannah Ramsel, and Avery Cox, his nephew Joseph Neves, wife Erica Delmedico Neves and their two children, Joseph and Easton, nephew Ronnie Neves, wife Kayleigh Tomlinson and two children Laikynn and Oaklynn..as well as a number of other dearly loved family members and friends. A Memorial Service will be held at Wilshire Park Baptist Church, on February 11 , 2023, at 3pm.

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Carroll G. Neves

March 11, 1947 - November 14, 2022