Gender- M

Race- Caucasian

Religion- Baptist

Education- Meadowview High School

Emory & Henry College (B.A.)

T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond (LL.B.)

Virginia Colleges and Universities-

Emory & Henry College

University of Richmond

Military Service- USAF (1951-55)

Occupation/Profession- Attorney

Membership & Affiliation- Abingdon Baptist Church (former chairman, council of deacons; Sunday school teacher)

Abingdon Civitan

Washington County Bar Association (former president)

Virginia State Bar

Abingdon Masonic Lodge 48 (former master)

Shriner, Kazim Temple

McCabe Lodge, IOOF

American Legion Post 12 (former post commander)

Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center (vice chairman, trustee, former chairman)

Order of Eastern Star (former worthy patron)

Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission

Center for Rural Virginia (board of trustees)

Twenty-eighth General District Court (former substitute judge)

Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation

Spouse- Mary Ann Allison

Children- Mary Jo Neal, Joseph P., III, and Sage B.

Awards- Ernest S. Yeatts Service Award

Abingdon Jaycees, Young Man of the Year (1967)