Son of Rev. Julius Francis Alexander Sneed and Martha Mae "Mattie" Arnold Sneed, who was born May 26, 1871 in Omen, Texas, and died on July 25, 1915 in Navarro, Texas. Efforts to locate her final resting place have so far been unsuccessful.
He was a Baptist minister & a U.S. Navy veteran.
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Sources:
Death Certificate
Fire fighter, killed in line of duty. Stationary Fire Fighter, Veterans Administration, Dallas, Texas.
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Published in the Corsicana Daily Sun on June 5, 1943:
Hospital Engineer Fatally Scalded by Steam and Water
DALLAS, June 5. --(AP)--Reuben H. Sneed, engineer at the United States Veterans Hospital in Lisbon, Texas, was fatally scalded by steam and hot water from a boiler at the hospital yesterday.
Sneed was believed to have been cleaning out a boiler when the accident occurred.
A veteran of the last war, Sneed was a resident of Dallas for 22 years. He is survived by his widow; two sons, Pvt. R. H. Sneed, Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces and Jackie Sneed, Dallas; a daughter, Joy Sneed; three brothers, Julius Sneed and Henry Sneed of Waco and Alvah Sneed of Fort Worth.
Funeral services were arranged for today.
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Middle Name, Plot location and Naval Rank, as well as the headstone photo were all kindly supplied by TLH
He was a Baptist minister & a U.S. Navy veteran.
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Sources:
Death Certificate
Fire fighter, killed in line of duty. Stationary Fire Fighter, Veterans Administration, Dallas, Texas.
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Published in the Corsicana Daily Sun on June 5, 1943:
Hospital Engineer Fatally Scalded by Steam and Water
DALLAS, June 5. --(AP)--Reuben H. Sneed, engineer at the United States Veterans Hospital in Lisbon, Texas, was fatally scalded by steam and hot water from a boiler at the hospital yesterday.
Sneed was believed to have been cleaning out a boiler when the accident occurred.
A veteran of the last war, Sneed was a resident of Dallas for 22 years. He is survived by his widow; two sons, Pvt. R. H. Sneed, Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces and Jackie Sneed, Dallas; a daughter, Joy Sneed; three brothers, Julius Sneed and Henry Sneed of Waco and Alvah Sneed of Fort Worth.
Funeral services were arranged for today.
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Middle Name, Plot location and Naval Rank, as well as the headstone photo were all kindly supplied by TLH
Son of Rev. Julius Francis Alexander Sneed and Martha Mae "Mattie" Arnold Sneed, who was born May 26, 1871 in Omen, Texas, and died on July 25, 1915 in Navarro, Texas. Efforts to locate her final resting place have so far been unsuccessful.
He was a Baptist minister & a U.S. Navy veteran.
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Sources:
Death Certificate
Fire fighter, killed in line of duty. Stationary Fire Fighter, Veterans Administration, Dallas, Texas.
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Published in the Corsicana Daily Sun on June 5, 1943:
Hospital Engineer Fatally Scalded by Steam and Water
DALLAS, June 5. --(AP)--Reuben H. Sneed, engineer at the United States Veterans Hospital in Lisbon, Texas, was fatally scalded by steam and hot water from a boiler at the hospital yesterday.
Sneed was believed to have been cleaning out a boiler when the accident occurred.
A veteran of the last war, Sneed was a resident of Dallas for 22 years. He is survived by his widow; two sons, Pvt. R. H. Sneed, Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces and Jackie Sneed, Dallas; a daughter, Joy Sneed; three brothers, Julius Sneed and Henry Sneed of Waco and Alvah Sneed of Fort Worth.
Funeral services were arranged for today.
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Middle Name, Plot location and Naval Rank, as well as the headstone photo were all kindly supplied by TLH
He was a Baptist minister & a U.S. Navy veteran.
*************************
Sources:
Death Certificate
Fire fighter, killed in line of duty. Stationary Fire Fighter, Veterans Administration, Dallas, Texas.
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Published in the Corsicana Daily Sun on June 5, 1943:
Hospital Engineer Fatally Scalded by Steam and Water
DALLAS, June 5. --(AP)--Reuben H. Sneed, engineer at the United States Veterans Hospital in Lisbon, Texas, was fatally scalded by steam and hot water from a boiler at the hospital yesterday.
Sneed was believed to have been cleaning out a boiler when the accident occurred.
A veteran of the last war, Sneed was a resident of Dallas for 22 years. He is survived by his widow; two sons, Pvt. R. H. Sneed, Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces and Jackie Sneed, Dallas; a daughter, Joy Sneed; three brothers, Julius Sneed and Henry Sneed of Waco and Alvah Sneed of Fort Worth.
Funeral services were arranged for today.
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Middle Name, Plot location and Naval Rank, as well as the headstone photo were all kindly supplied by TLH
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