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Show Stricken Writer Continues Work On Child's Story An excellent artic' -i the church chur-ch section of the t News, Jan. 17, 1951, 'fea rs. Deta Peterson Neeley, . remonton, Utah, as an "heroic story of faith"! Although confined to her bed by a rare malady, a torturous and painful type of paralysis, in the last year, Dr. Neeley has completed complet-ed two volumes of "A Child's Story of the Book of Mormon". Volume 1 is "The Journey to the Promised Land", and volume II is "The Precious Pre-cious Land of Promise". She plans five volumes in all of her work and is now on volume three. The article states that Mrs. Neeley Nee-ley requires only a maximum of sleep of three or four hours out of 24 and reads her source material, the Book di Mormon, for hours and then plans the chapters .for I her books around the clock. Unable Un-able to write or use a typewriter, she dictates by whispering to her husband, N. Glen Neeley, the copy for her books. Mrs. Neeley is well remembered in Delta, where she taught four years in the primary grades. She was also county supervisor of primary pri-mary grades for three yeas, and was appointed elementary supervisor super-visor and assistant superintendent for four years. She also served as a member of Deseret stake Sunday Sun-day School board.The couple made their home in Delta, where Mr. Neeley was principal of the elementary ele-mentary school. Before 1930 they left Delta, and Mrs. Neeley continued her studies at the USAC, where she received her B. S. degree in 1932, and her M. S. in 1933. At this time the crippling disease was developing, with a tremor in her hand. In 1934 she entered the Graduate School of the University of California, when specialists noticed the condition, con-dition, and advised no school, but rest. She was given six months to live. Despite this, Mrs. Neeley continued contin-ued her studies, and in 1937 was granted her doctor's degree. Unable Unab-le to continue in the teaching profession, pro-fession, she turned to writing, and had a number df articles published publish-ed in educational journals. The field of mystery fiction interested her, too, and she had three novels published, "A candidate for Hell", in 1939, "Through the Devils Gate" in 1941, and "Murder at Sunset Rock" in 1944. Since reeciving her Ph. D. in 1937, the Neeleys have lived on their family farm at Tremonton, where Mr. Neeley has devoted his full time to assisting his wife with her literary labors. |