NAME: KENNETH RAY SNEAD, AGE 57, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 18, 1945 AT BAKERSFIELD, CA TO BENNIE BUD AND DOROTHY FLORIA (KEELER) SNEAD.

PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2003 AT THE SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN TULSA, OK. AGE: 57 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS.

EDUCATION: KENNETH ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARMONY, ATOKA HIGH, AND OKMULGEE TECH.

OCCUPATION: AFTER HIS DISCHARGE FROM THE ARMY, KENNETH WORKED AS AN ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN. HE AND HIS BROTHER, DALE, OWNED AND OPERATED A-1 ELECTRONICS HERE IN ATOKA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE ATTENDED NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH. KENNETH SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY. HE SERVED TWO TOURS IN VIETNAM AND RECEIVED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL W/DVC 6, ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, 1ST OAK LEAF CLUSTER, SHARPSHOOTER (RIFLE M-16) AND 1 O/S BAR. HE WAS AN AVIATION COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT REPAIRMAN WHILE IN THE ARMY.

SURVIVED BY

BROTHERS: CARROLL WAYNE SNEAD AND WIFE LINDA OF MCALESTER, OK. RONNIE GENE SNEAD AND WIFE PAM OF ROSEVILLE, CA. RONALD DALE SNEAD AND WIFE TRESA OF ATOKA, OK. GARY DOUGLAS SNEAD AND WIFE CHARLA OF WINSOR, CA. LARRY DEAN SNEAD OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

SISTERS: ANN SNEAD OF TULSA, OK. LINDA G. POLK AND HUSBAND BLAINE OF HUGO, OK. KAREN SUE HODO AND HUSBAND SAMMY OF LANE, OK. BETTY JUNE POARCH OF TULSA, OK. BRENDA LEE KEELER AND HUSBAND STEPHEN OF ATOKA, OK.

SPECIAL COUSIN: DALE GENE KEELER.

SPECIAL AUNT: JIMMIE ADAMS.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: BENNIE BUD AND DOROTHY FLORIA (KEELER) SNEAD. NIECE: FELICIA KEELER.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY, EAST OF TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON.

CASKETBEARERS: BRIAN SNEAD, STEPHEN KEELER, JAMES LITTLETON, LARRY KEELER, WAYNE GEORGE, CECIL MACKEY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DALE GENE KEELER AND LENORD LOUDERMIILK.