Sheila M. McNeill (February 15, 1943 – August 5, 2024) was an American politician from Georgia. McNeill was a Republican member of the

Georgia State Senate The Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The Georgia State Senate and the lower house of the General Assembly, the Georgia House of Representatives, comprise the bicameral leg ...

for the 3rd district.

Political Career

McNeill was elected to the

for the 3rd district. She was vice chair of the natural resources and the environment committee, secretary of the veterans, military and homeland security committee and a member of the education and youth committee and the state institutions and property committee.

Personal life

McNeill and her husband, Arlie, resided in Kings Bay, Georgia. They had one daughter and four grandchildren. In 1995, McNeill acted as the founding president of the St. Marys Submarine Museum in Kings Bay, Georgia She was the National President of the U.S. Navy League from 2003 to 2005. In 2019, McNeill published the book "What are You Doing Here?", in which she chronicled her experience as the first woman to hold this position.

References

21st-century members of the Georgia General Assembly 2024 deaths 21st-century American women politicians 1943 births {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub