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Submitted: 4/9/21 • Approved: 4/9/21 • Last Updated: 4/12/21 • R406985-G406983-S3
Austin F.
December 21, 1914-May 20, 2005
Julia B.
April 21, 1919-February 1, 2006
Together Forever
Married October 8, 1938
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Austin
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, May 23, 2005)
FRITCH - Austin F. Sneed, 90, died Friday, May 20, 2005.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First Southern Baptist Church with Calvin Winters, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park, six miles west of Borger, by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch.
Mr. Sneed was born Dec. 21, 1914, to George and Cynthia Sneed in Aubrey. He and his family of six bothers and two sisters moved to Hedley when he was a teenager.
On Oct. 8, 1938, he married Julia Folley in Donley County. They then made their home in Amarillo. He worked at the smelter and had a contracting fence business.
After raising two daughters, they moved to Pampa. Mr. Sneed retired from Cabot Corporation in 1978.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Jody Sneed of Fritch and Jeanne King and husband, Buddy, of Newcastle, Okla.; two granddaughters, Kari King of Amarillo and Lori Gonzalez and husband, Carlos, of Oklahoma City; and two brothers, Willard Sneed of Amarillo and Clyde Sneed of Weatherford.
Pallbearers will be Buddy King, Carlos Gonzalez, Mike Adams, Carl Veukei, John Guy Folley, Joe Childers, Mike Geisler and Guy Folley.
The family suggests memorials be to the Panhandle Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association or the American Heart Association.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. today at the funeral home in Fritch.
*Obituary for Julia
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 3, 2006)
FRITCH - Julia B. Sneed, 86, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First Southern Baptist Church with Calvin Winters, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park, 6 miles west of Borger.
Mrs. Sneed was born April 21, 1919, to George and Nora Minta Folley in Donley County south of McLean. That's where she and four sisters and four brothers were raised on a farm.
On Oct. 8, 1938, she married Austin F. Sneed in Donley County. They then made their home in Amarillo and raised two daughters. Austin and Julia "Duke" Sneed then moved to Pampa where they lived until he retired from Cabot Corp. They then settled in the countryside of Fritch. Austin preceded her in death on May 20, 2005.
Mrs. Sneed is survived by two daughters, Jody Sneed of Fritch and Jeanne King and husband Buddy of Newcastle, Okla.; two granddaughters, Kari King of Amarillo and Lori Gonzalez and husband Carlos of Oklahoma City; a brother, Guy Folley of Canadian; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to the Panhandle Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association or the American Heart Association.
Pallbearers will be Buddy King, Carlos Gonzalez, Joe Childress, Mike Geisler, Carl Veukei and Michael Adams.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at Minton Funeral Home and Chapel in Fritch.
Contributed on 4/9/21 by neldapat
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