From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Wednesday, February 11, 1981, p. 1G:
For more than 40 years, Harry Spencer Snyder owned and operated grocery stores in Fort Worth. And -- say those who knew him -- he also made many, many friends.
Snyder, who was 90 years old and had lived in Fort Worth most of his life, died Monday at his home.
At one time, well before the Depression, he, along with his brother-in-law, Walter L. Bell, owned and operated the Snyder-Bell Grocery Store at Magnolia and Henderson. But he was best remembered for his stores in the Arlington Heights area of west Fort Worth.
Snyder's son, Dr. R. E. Snyder of Fort Worth, said that for about 20 years, starting in 1927, his father operated a grocery store at Camp Bowie Boulevard and Bell Place. Later the store -- Harry Snyder's Grocery and Market -- was moved to the 4700 block of Camp Bowie, where it stood for about 10 years.
"He was just so neighborly that everyone that went into his store just like him," said Clyde Pemberton, longtime friend of Snyder.
It was a time when groceries still were delivered to people's home and folks could charge their purchases.
"My father carried so many people through the Depression," R. E. Snyder remembered.
Snyder served as president of the Retail Grocers Association of Fort Worth and was the first president of the West Side Kiwanis Club. And, he was a Shriner for 50 years.
Dr. C. A. Sutton, former pastor at the Arlington Heights United Methodist Church, said he recalled often waking up at 4 a.m. to go with Snyder to the Jones Street market to purchase the day's produce.
"When the supermarkets came, of course, it made it difficult for home-owned stores," Sutton said. "I remember him telling me one day that I could probably get things for less than he could sell them to me by going down to the supermarket. But, I told him that the supermarkets didn't help pay me and they didn't go to my church."
Funeral for Snyder will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Arlington Heights United Methodist Church with burial in Greenwood.
Along with his wife, Carrie, and son, R. E. Snyder, survivors include another son, Dr. Hal Snyder of Houston; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Bell and Mrs. Edwin Davis, both of Fort Worth, and Louise Lewis of Wichita Falls; a niece, Gwendolyn Copeland; and five grandchildren.
For more than 40 years, Harry Spencer Snyder owned and operated grocery stores in Fort Worth. And -- say those who knew him -- he also made many, many friends.
Snyder, who was 90 years old and had lived in Fort Worth most of his life, died Monday at his home.
At one time, well before the Depression, he, along with his brother-in-law, Walter L. Bell, owned and operated the Snyder-Bell Grocery Store at Magnolia and Henderson. But he was best remembered for his stores in the Arlington Heights area of west Fort Worth.
Snyder's son, Dr. R. E. Snyder of Fort Worth, said that for about 20 years, starting in 1927, his father operated a grocery store at Camp Bowie Boulevard and Bell Place. Later the store -- Harry Snyder's Grocery and Market -- was moved to the 4700 block of Camp Bowie, where it stood for about 10 years.
"He was just so neighborly that everyone that went into his store just like him," said Clyde Pemberton, longtime friend of Snyder.
It was a time when groceries still were delivered to people's home and folks could charge their purchases.
"My father carried so many people through the Depression," R. E. Snyder remembered.
Snyder served as president of the Retail Grocers Association of Fort Worth and was the first president of the West Side Kiwanis Club. And, he was a Shriner for 50 years.
Dr. C. A. Sutton, former pastor at the Arlington Heights United Methodist Church, said he recalled often waking up at 4 a.m. to go with Snyder to the Jones Street market to purchase the day's produce.
"When the supermarkets came, of course, it made it difficult for home-owned stores," Sutton said. "I remember him telling me one day that I could probably get things for less than he could sell them to me by going down to the supermarket. But, I told him that the supermarkets didn't help pay me and they didn't go to my church."
Funeral for Snyder will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Arlington Heights United Methodist Church with burial in Greenwood.
Along with his wife, Carrie, and son, R. E. Snyder, survivors include another son, Dr. Hal Snyder of Houston; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Bell and Mrs. Edwin Davis, both of Fort Worth, and Louise Lewis of Wichita Falls; a niece, Gwendolyn Copeland; and five grandchildren.
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Wednesday, February 11, 1981, p. 1G:
For more than 40 years, Harry Spencer Snyder owned and operated grocery stores in Fort Worth. And -- say those who knew him -- he also made many, many friends.
Snyder, who was 90 years old and had lived in Fort Worth most of his life, died Monday at his home.
At one time, well before the Depression, he, along with his brother-in-law, Walter L. Bell, owned and operated the Snyder-Bell Grocery Store at Magnolia and Henderson. But he was best remembered for his stores in the Arlington Heights area of west Fort Worth.
Snyder's son, Dr. R. E. Snyder of Fort Worth, said that for about 20 years, starting in 1927, his father operated a grocery store at Camp Bowie Boulevard and Bell Place. Later the store -- Harry Snyder's Grocery and Market -- was moved to the 4700 block of Camp Bowie, where it stood for about 10 years.
"He was just so neighborly that everyone that went into his store just like him," said Clyde Pemberton, longtime friend of Snyder.
It was a time when groceries still were delivered to people's home and folks could charge their purchases.
"My father carried so many people through the Depression," R. E. Snyder remembered.
Snyder served as president of the Retail Grocers Association of Fort Worth and was the first president of the West Side Kiwanis Club. And, he was a Shriner for 50 years.
Dr. C. A. Sutton, former pastor at the Arlington Heights United Methodist Church, said he recalled often waking up at 4 a.m. to go with Snyder to the Jones Street market to purchase the day's produce.
"When the supermarkets came, of course, it made it difficult for home-owned stores," Sutton said. "I remember him telling me one day that I could probably get things for less than he could sell them to me by going down to the supermarket. But, I told him that the supermarkets didn't help pay me and they didn't go to my church."
Funeral for Snyder will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Arlington Heights United Methodist Church with burial in Greenwood.
Along with his wife, Carrie, and son, R. E. Snyder, survivors include another son, Dr. Hal Snyder of Houston; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Bell and Mrs. Edwin Davis, both of Fort Worth, and Louise Lewis of Wichita Falls; a niece, Gwendolyn Copeland; and five grandchildren.
For more than 40 years, Harry Spencer Snyder owned and operated grocery stores in Fort Worth. And -- say those who knew him -- he also made many, many friends.
Snyder, who was 90 years old and had lived in Fort Worth most of his life, died Monday at his home.
At one time, well before the Depression, he, along with his brother-in-law, Walter L. Bell, owned and operated the Snyder-Bell Grocery Store at Magnolia and Henderson. But he was best remembered for his stores in the Arlington Heights area of west Fort Worth.
Snyder's son, Dr. R. E. Snyder of Fort Worth, said that for about 20 years, starting in 1927, his father operated a grocery store at Camp Bowie Boulevard and Bell Place. Later the store -- Harry Snyder's Grocery and Market -- was moved to the 4700 block of Camp Bowie, where it stood for about 10 years.
"He was just so neighborly that everyone that went into his store just like him," said Clyde Pemberton, longtime friend of Snyder.
It was a time when groceries still were delivered to people's home and folks could charge their purchases.
"My father carried so many people through the Depression," R. E. Snyder remembered.
Snyder served as president of the Retail Grocers Association of Fort Worth and was the first president of the West Side Kiwanis Club. And, he was a Shriner for 50 years.
Dr. C. A. Sutton, former pastor at the Arlington Heights United Methodist Church, said he recalled often waking up at 4 a.m. to go with Snyder to the Jones Street market to purchase the day's produce.
"When the supermarkets came, of course, it made it difficult for home-owned stores," Sutton said. "I remember him telling me one day that I could probably get things for less than he could sell them to me by going down to the supermarket. But, I told him that the supermarkets didn't help pay me and they didn't go to my church."
Funeral for Snyder will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Arlington Heights United Methodist Church with burial in Greenwood.
Along with his wife, Carrie, and son, R. E. Snyder, survivors include another son, Dr. Hal Snyder of Houston; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Bell and Mrs. Edwin Davis, both of Fort Worth, and Louise Lewis of Wichita Falls; a niece, Gwendolyn Copeland; and five grandchildren.
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