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Wayne Snell, 74, of
Gassville, Arkansas, died on October 8, 2003.
Mr. Snell was born on Sept. 11, 1929, in
Monroe County, Mo., a son of Robert Edwin and Susie Emmaline (Culley)
Snell. He was married to Wanda Garrison on Dec. 3, 1949.
Funeral services will be
held on Monday, Oct. 13, at 2 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with Pastor
James Rhiver officiating. Visitation in Mexico will be held from noon
until service time at Pickering Funeral Home. Burial will be in Walnut
Grove Cemetery in Paris. There will also be visitation at Roller Funeral
Home in Mountain Home, Ark., from 4 until 8 p.m. on Friday.
Survivors include his
companion of five years Betty Buzzard; three daughters, Connie Hale and
husband Warren, Martinsburg, Dorothy Bohnert and husband John, St.
Charles, and Beverly Brumagin and husband Craig, Montgomery City; 11
grandchildren, Brian Jones, Michael Jones-Snell, Mark and Julie Hale,
Philip Young, Amy Malawey, Jil Hardie, Dane, Kelli, Jamie and Abby
Brumagin; and 6 great grandchildren.
His parents, sisters
Hazel Rodgers and Josephine Miller; brothers Glenn, Bob and Gene Snell;
and a grandson, Jeremy Alexander preceded him in death.
Mr. Snell was a partner
in the farm equipment business with his brothers, Gene and Glenn Snell
at Snell Brothers Implement, Massey-Ferguson dealership and Snell
Brothers Farm Equipment Auction in Mexico. Later he operated Snell New
and Used Farm Equipment at Montgomery City.
He served as a
paratrooper in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1948. He was a member of Post
#3246 VFW and Eagles in Mountain Home.
He retired in 1984 and
moved to Rogers, Ark., and in 1986 to the Mountain Home area. He loved
spending time on the lakes and rivers, traveling, playing cards, and the
horse races.
The family suggests
memorial gifts to the Handi-Shop, Inc., Endowment Fund, in care of
Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265. |
