Neal Ward Jameson III

It's been many years Neal. Just wanted to let you know that you were one of my best memories in tennis . It was Plano East Panthers in 95. We were on the same team playing doubles and honestly we didn't stand a chance over our opponents from another school. They were studs. And to be honest much better players than we were. But what they didn't know was that what we lacked in power we gained in speed. Our opponents had already won the first set and in everyone's minds they were about to win...

Neal Jameson was a wonderful person with a penchant for knowledge and success. He graduated with engineering degrees from both Rice University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before his successes at the college and graduate school levels, many of us were fortunate to be students with Neal at Plano East Senior High School and to be considered his friends. Not only was Neal an intelligent individual, he also was a talented tennis player and confidant.

Andy...

I find it difficult writing this tribute without shedding a tear. Neal was a close friend to Ruth and Daniel and a spiritual son to David and me. After Janet called me with the news, the only thing I could do was open my Bible to the page of deaths and write "Neal Jameson III passed away on March 10, 2005” underneath the entry for my father. I take comfort in knowing that Neal is with our Lord Jesus Christ.

The first time I met Neal was in his senior year in high school. I...

Tribute by Karen Holloway, former teacher and friend

This has taken me so long to write, because quite frankly it's too painful. As long as I avoided writing this tribute - a part of me could believe that Neal's death wasn't real - was something I dreamed. Once I write this, I'm forced to begin to face the reality that I don't get to see him again - or talk to him again. I hadn't talked to Neal in several years - and I - like many of us - would have enjoyed more conversation...

I met Neal as my roommate’s boyfriend. Although we did some studying together, I always saw him best through that lens, which showed me his sense of humor and his patience. It’s an odd way to know someone, though—I suspect we both knew each other pretty well even though we rarely talked.

My first solid memory of Neal was the night it was raining, and Ruth tried to lend him her fuschia flowered ruffled umbrella for his way back to Baker. Neal looked at it long and hard, declared...

I lived with Neal for the last two years of college, and during that time, though I never felt like I knew him very well, all the aspects of his character that I could see influenced my own development and gave me something to strive toward. I believe I’ve never met a man more humble and gentle, yet so brilliant and focused. Every night, I would go to sleep around midnight exhausted from the day, and Neal would still be at his desk with at least a couple hours to go yet. His mind was...

I got to know Neal when I joined the "Brown Boys" bible study at Rice. From the time I met him, I always appreciated his humility and dedication to his friends and academics. I also got to see his silly side when he would clown around during late night study breaks and skit preparation for Crusade meetings. His biggest influence on me, however, was his discipline, a quality I was in great need of my first two years in college. It's too bad I never had a chance to seek his help for classes...

I met Neal at Harrington Elementary quite a number of years ago, and Neal was in most of my classes until I left Plano during senior high. Neal's intelligence and dedication to academics were obvious from the beginning. His life, although short, was filled with success and great achievements.
Neal and his family are in my thoughts and prayers.

I had the good fortune to get to know Neal while we were in the same class at Brown College, Rice University. Neal studied math and engineering, and I studied history and the humanities, so we never shared a class together. I got to know him strictly in the residential college setting. We ate many family-style dinners together. Together we failed at pulling off a rather large jack (practical joke) against another college. And one year he gave me a lift to Dallas for the Thanksgiving break....