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- U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Name: Edward R. Sneed Sr.
Gender: Male
Death Age: 85
Birth Date: 26 May 1925
Birth Place: Montgomery County
Residence Place: Clarksville
Death Date: 7 Jun 2010
Obituary Date: 8 Jun 2010
Obituary Place: Clarksville, Tennessee, USA
Newspaper Title: The Leaf-Chronicle
Parents: John Robin Sneed; Frances Bogard Sneed
Spouse: Margaret Evans Sneed
Child:
Ed Sneed
John Sneed
Beverly Busteed
Siblings:
Jack R. Sneed
Frances McCullum
Notes on Ed Sneed, Sr.: Date: 1999 Source: John Clark Sneed, Sr.
Updated: 2010
Granddad was a hard worker. He left high school early to build Fort Campbell, the army base in Clarksville. He went into the army and served in Anti-Aircraft Artillary during World War II, being stationed in Fort Bliss, Texas.
Upon leaving the army he became a mechanic and opened his own gas station. He has always been known as a frugal man and a brilliant businessman. Coming home from work he would read the Wall Street Journal, and at least one other paper, from cover to cover. He rented out some of the rooms in their first home to soldiers while his family lived in the bottom of the house. They paid the house off in two years. Granddad grew up during the Depression, which influenced him for life. He knows the value of a penny. It has often been said of him that none of his children, or anyone in his family, has been in need that he has not responded.
I grew up going to Lake Barkley with him. He was an avid hunter in his younger years, though in his later years he opted for fishing. We spent many hundreds of hours in that boat fishing and talking and just watching the days go by. It is just a simple John boat, green with a flat bottom. But he has engineered it to be a good boat: stable and well supplied. We stayed in a trailer they owned near the lake during our trips. I slept on the couch, which was a pull-out bed. There was a familiar, pleasant smell about the place that I always recognized upon returning. Nannie would sometimes go with us, sometimes not. Regardless, she would always stock us up with a generous supply of bacon and egg sandwiches, beany weanies, and Chek Cola. Nannie didn't care as much for the fishing, but she loved to sit in the boat and watch nature. She couldn't swim, so she kept the life jacket on all the time. Once in their younger years he was joking around with her and threw her into the water. She curled up like a baby on the bottom and just stayed there. He looked at her for a while, realized she wouldn't get up on her own, and picked her up.
I spent the night at their house a lot growing up. One winter morning we woke up to snow. I played in it all day, and before going to bed that night I packed the soft snow around the door handle of Granddad's blue car. What I did not realize was that it would freeze solid overnight. He was plenty angry the next morning when he tried to go to work and couldn't get into his car. I remember sitting in their living room and pouting.
Granddad served on city council for 14 years. After he sold his gas station he began to work for the Clarksville Gas and Water Department. He has had several business ventures as well, from motels to renting out property. He has been a very hard worker all of his life, regardless of where his employment was.
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1925 - 2010 (85 years)
