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Mrs. Mae Dec Snodgrass (Summers). 46, of Summers,
Arkansas died at a Fayetteville hospital today (18 July
1972). She was born 14 January 1926 at Lincoln, the
daughter of Homer Lawson and Ruby Murray Snodgrass.
she was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Order
of the Eastern Star.
Survivors are the husband, Jack Summers of the home; two
daughters, Connie Summers of the home and Mrs. Sue
Claxton of Tulsa, Oklahoma; her parents of Lincoln; two
sisters. Mrs. Mary Etta Wilhite of Lamirada, California and
Mrs. Louise Howard ot, Downey, California and one
brother. 1 lomer Snodgrass Jr. of Lincoln. Arkansas.
Funeral service will be 2 p. m. Thursday at Lincoln
Presbyterian Church with burial in Ganderville Cemetery,
under direction of Luginbuel Funeral Horne.
Document 10.29. Obituary for Thomas Lafayette I
[ Snodgrass.
Thomas Lafayette Snodgrass, age 74, died at 4 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon (21 April 1942) at the home of his son,
Samuel Denver Snodgrass with whom he had made his
home the past seven months.
Funeral services were to be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m.
by Rev. J. Scott Blystone, pastor of the Baptist Church, with
burial in Lincoln Cemetery.
Thomas Lafayette Snodgrass was born at Sparta, White
County, Tennessee, on 4 January 1863 and moved to
Arkansas when he· was seven years old. He had lived in
Lincoln and Summers, Arkansas since 1875. He was a
member of the Baptist church. He was married on August
27, 1885 to Miss John Dee Nunley.
Surviving arc six daughters, four sons, one brother and five
sisters, 18 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. His
children, all of whom had visited him during his illness are:
Mrs. Mae Saunders, Drumwright, Oklahoma, Mrs. Bess
Cheatham, and Mrs. Pearl Collins, Lodim. California, Mrs.
Ray Rainwater, Sapula, Oklahoma, Mrs. Elsie Pasley,
Summers, Arkansas; Mrs. Merle Leach, Denver Snodgrass,
and Homer Snodgrass, of Lincoln, Arkansas; Claude
Snodgrass, Vallejo, California; and Bruce Snodgrass,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. W. J. Snodgrass of Lincoln is
his brother, and the sisters are Mrs. Grant l-largrove, Mrs.
Lou Rauch, Mrs. L. B. Haws and Mrs. Anna Collins. all of
Lincoln; and Mrs. Emma Davis of Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Document 10.30. Obituary for Chester (Bob) Crockett I
[ Snodgrass.
Chester (Bob) Crockett Snodgrass, 63, of Lincoln, Arkansas
died January 20, 1992 at his home. Chester was born in
Lincoln to Chester Dec Snodgrass and Viola Pridemore
Snodgrass. He attended the Sugar Hill Community Church
and was a member of the V.F.W. and the American Legion.
He served in the Merchant Marines in World War II and in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict.
Ile was a life long resident of the Lincoln, Arkansas area. He
was a farmer and a bulldozer operator; a son, Tommy Dean
Snodgrass, preceded him in death in 1963.
Survivors include his wife, Willna Joyce Denison
Snodgrass; one son Chester Eugene· Snodgrass of Lincoln;
three daughters, Reba Moore and Cathy Arreola. both of
Lincoln. and Carol Fadis of Westville. Oklahoma; four
brothers, Lonnie Snodgrass of Atwood, Kansas. L. E.
Snodgrass Welling, Oklahoma. Roy Snodgrass and John
Snodgrass, both of Lincoln, and eleven grandchildren.
Services were held Jan 22 at the First Baptist Church m
Lincoln with interment at the Lincoln Cemetery, under the
direction of Luginbuel Funeral 1-lornes. Brother Terrell
Gordon and Brother Ernest Meadows Presiding. Pallbearers
were Butch Pridemore, Keith Baer, Don Carte, Gary Carte,
Johnny Cheatham and Dean Cheatham.
I Document 10.31. Obituary for Chester D. Snodgrass.
Chester D. Snodgrass, 80, of Lincoln, died Friday, March
16, 1979 at his home. Born Feb. 6, 1899, at Lincoln, the son
of John and Ida Beaty Snodgrass, he was a farmer.
Survivors are his w·ife, Mrs. Viola G. Prideffiore Snodgrass
of the home; five sons, Roy Earl, L. E., Bob and John, all of
Lincoln, and Lonnie of Atwood, Kan.; one brother, Bert of
Lincoln; two sisters, Mrs. Eunice Rich and Mrs. Della
Cheatham. both of Lincoln; 12 grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
Funeral was Monday at 2 p.m. at the Lincoln Baptist Church
with blirial in Lincoln Ce1netery under the direction of
Luginbuel Funeral Home.
I Document 10.32. Obituary for Bert Snodgrass.
Bert Snodgrass, 75 of Lincoln, Arkansas died February 15,
1983 at a Fayetteville, Arkansas Hospital. Ile was born
August 27, 1907 at Lincoln Arkansas the son of John
Snodgrass and Ida Beaty Snodgrass. He was a retired farmer
and a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Eva Ree Carter Snodgrass of the
home; one son Paul Snodgrass of the home; two daughters,
Mrs. Eva Marie Stickler and Mrs. Linda Swearingen, both of
Lincoln; one sister. Mrs. Eunice Rich of Lincoln; three
grandchildren.
Services were Feb. 17 at the First Baptist Church in Lincoln
with burial in the-Lincoln Cemetery under the direction of
Luginbuel Funeral Home, Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
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