A native and resident of Baton Rouge, he died Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, at Ochsner Medical Center. He was 61. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., on Sunday, Jan. 31, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visiting resumes at the funeral home on Monday, Feb. 1, from 9 a.m. until the religious service at 11 a.m. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his mother, Sarah Feduccia Neese; a daughter, Kimberly Neese Hardy; a son, James C. Neese III; a sister, Dolores N. Vitrano and husband Thomas; two grandsons, Garrett Denham and Logan Neese; two nephews and a niece. He was preceded in death by his father, James C. Neese Sr.