More detail on this person: Dr. Braxton W.
Snowden, (CW4, U.S. Army, Retired), a resident of
Midland City, died Saturday morning, November 22,
2014, at his home. He was 78. Funeral services
will be held at 1:30 P.M. Tuesday, November 25,
2014, in the Sylvan Grove United Methodist Church
with Reverend Sam Williams officiating. Graveside
services, with full military honors, will follow
in the church cemetery. Holman-Headland Mortuary
is in charge of funeral arrangements. The family
will receive friends from 4:30 until 6:30 P.M.
Monday at the mortuary in Headland. Flowers will
be accepted or memorial or contributions may be
made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box
758517, Topeka, KS 66675, or to the Sylvan Grove
Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Dinah
Woodham, 992 County Road 531, Midland City, AL
36350 Dr. Snowden was born in Montgomery and
moved to Newton with his family
as a child. A graduate of Midland City High
School, he served in the Air National Guard and
also served in the Army National Guard. At an
early age, Dr. Snowden enlisted in the U. S. Army
and served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War.
While on active duty, he received a Purple Heart,
the Bronze Star Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster,
the Vietnam Service Medal and the Republic of
Vietnam Gallantry Cross with a Silver Star. Dr.
Snowden retired from the Army in 1987 with the
rank of CW4 after thirty years service. While
serving in the Army, he received a B. S. Degree in
Aeronautics from the Emory Riddle Aeronautical
University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He also
received a Masters Degree and a PhD from Bethany
Bible College in Dothan. A resident of the Sylvan
Grove community of Dale County since 1987, Dr.
Snowden was formerly employed by U. S. Civil
Service at Fort Rucker as a Noise Mitigating
Officer. A United Methodist Minister, he formerly
served as Pastor of the Magnolia United Methodist
Church, near Blue Springs. Dr. Snowden was a
member of the Sylvan Grove United Methodist
Church, the Claybank Masonic Lodge No. 908, and
the Moslah Shriners, Ft. Worth, Texas. He was
also a Scottish Rite Mason and a life member of
the D.A.V. Chapter, #87. Dr. Snowden was
preceded
in death by his parents, Thomas Walker Snowden
and Evelyn Welch Snowden Kuchta, two sisters,
Barbara Street and Pamela Wilson, and two
brothers, Donald Snowden and Johnny Snowden.
Surviving relatives include his wife of
fifty-eight years, Sharon Woodham Snowden,
Midland City; two daughters, Cindy Snowden,
Daleville; and Debbie Douglass, Dothan; a sister,
Martha Baker, Chicago, Illinois; and a
half-sister, Anna Rue, Foley, AL; three
grandchildren, Christine Shockley (Brad), Katie
Cook, and Jessica Nix; four great-grandchildren,
Conor Shockley, Emily Shockley, Alex Shockley,
and Abbie Cook; sisters-in-law from the Woodham
family, Mildred Dease, Runell Clark, Corrie
Paramore (Earl), and Martha Woodham.
Holman-Headland Mortuary 334-693-3371,
Burial information: Sylvan Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery
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