I have very few
memories of my dad, as I only seen him a
few times. But I cherish the times we
visited each other. In those times,
travel wasn't easy, and there are many,
many miles from Oklahoma, where he lived
to Arizona, where I grew up.
Henry
Doyle SNEAD was born 28 Mar 1917
in Spencerville, OK.
He served in the US Army from 26 June
1942,
until he was disability discharged on the
3 of July 1945.
He was wounded and received several
medals.
He died on 22 Jun 1965, in Eureka,
California
of Coronary Thrombosis Athrosclerotic
Heart Disease.
He is buried at Fort Towson, OK. with his
parents.
"The Loveliest
of Memories"
The loveliest of memories
Will never fade away,
Though years may come and go
The joy they brought will stay.
Golden days of childhood;
Running free in fields of flowers,
So happy in our innocence
When all the world was ours.
Special times once shared
With loved ones long since gone.
We hold them in our hearts;
Their memories living on.
The loveliest of memories
Mean more than words can say,
For when we feel downcast
They will chase all cares away.
Copyright Marian
Jones 2003
Daddy,
I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
To you, to tell you that I loved you,
To say what now must be one long,
unbroken cry of pain
Now that at last you've gone away.
I wish I could have been with you when
you,
Perhaps aware, perhaps not, turned
towards death
Alone, with no one there to wonder to,
To share your fear, your hand, your one
last breath.
I wish, I wish, I wish . . . but it is
done,
And now I must surrender what is gone.
~Nicholas Gordon~
