James Snook ^47,48,49

  General Notes:

JAMES SNOOK WAS VERY MUCH LOVED BY HIS FAMILY. FROM IN-LAWS TO BLOOD RELATIVES HE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A SWEET PERSON. HE IS STILL THOUGHT OF AS A PROMINENT CITIZEN OF PARSONS KANSAS DURING HIS LIFETIME.

THE FOLLOWING IS HIS OBITUARY: A STROKE SUFFERED APRIL 20 FROM WHICH HE NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, PROVED FATAL TO JAMES SNOOK, 78, WELL KNOWN PARSONS PAINTER, WHO DIED AT 6:25 P.M., YESTERDAY, AT HIS HOME, 1922 APPLETON.

MR. SNOOK HAD NOT BEEN WELL SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, AND HAD SUFFERED FROM HIGHT BLOOD PRESSURE THE PAST SIX WEEKS.

HE WAS BORN MARCH 1, 1868, AT CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND., AND AT THE AGE OF 8, THE FAMILY CAME TO PARSONS, WHERE HE HAD RESIDED SIN. HE LEARNED THE PAINTING TRADE FROM HIS FATHER AND FOLLOWED THAT PROFESSION AS LONG AS HIS HEALTH PERMITTED.

HE WAS MARRIED DEC. 19 1898 AT OSWEGO TO MRS. ELIZABETH CLAMPITT THORNBURG OF PARSONS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PARSONS, THE IOOF AND A CHARTER MEMBER AND TREASURER OF THE PAINTERS DECORATORS AND PAPERHANGERS LOCAL OF PARSONS.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE THE WIDOW; THREE DAUGHTERS, MRS. GUY METZGER AND MRS. RUGHT AITKEN, BOTH OF BARTLESVILLE, OK., AND MRS. N. I. MORIARTY, PARSONS; ONE SON, MILLARD F. SNOOK, HALLENDALE, FLA; 15 GRANDCHILDREN; AND ONE BROTHER, JOHN SNOOK, OSWEGO.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE AT THE RUDE FUNERAL HOME AT 2 P.M., WEDNESDAY, CONDUCTED BY THE REV. F.W. CONDIT, ASSISTED BY THE REV. J.W. BAYS, GRAVESIDE SERVICES AT OAKWOOD WILL BE IN CHARGE OF PARSONS LODGE NO. 94, IOOF.
THE BODY LIES IN STATE AT THE FAMILY HOME.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE: RELATIVES AND FRIENDS HERE WEDNESDAY FOR THE FUNERAL OF JAMES SNOOK, 78, WHO DIED SUNDAY, INCLUDED: MILLARD SNOOK, HALLANDALE, FLA; MR. AND MRS. GUY METZGER, MRS. RUGHT AITKEN, MISS BETTY AITKEN, MISS FRANCES AITKEN AND KENNETH AITKEN, BARTLES VILLE; PHARMACIST'S MATE 3/C MARY EILEEN AITKEN OF THE WAVES AT QUANTICO, VA; MR. AND MRS. LESLIE DECKER, HOLTON, KAS; MR. AND MRS. T.M. CLAMPITT, MR. AND MRS. RAY CLAMPITT AND HENRY EICHORN, NEODESHA; RAYMOND PRUETT AND W.B. PRUETT, WEIR; J.M. SNOOK AND MRS. SHELLY KIRKPATRICK, OSWEGO; MR. AND MRS. GROVER PRUETT, MRS. TOM BLACKETT AND MRS. FOREST FEIST, TULSA; MRS. GLEN WALKER, HUTCHINSON; MR. AND MRS. ELMER GITTENS, MRS. LESLIE FINLEY AND MRS. OREN PROVINCE, CHERRYVALE; MRS. CLARA SNYDER, DESMOINES, IA., AND MR. AND MRS. WAYNE GIBSON, ST. PAUL.

James married Elizabeth Ellen Clampitt, daughter of James B Clampitt and Emily Jane Bowman, on 19 Dec 1898 in Oswego, Labette County, Kansas. (Elizabeth Ellen Clampitt was born on 26 Mar 1869 in Pike County, Ill, died on 4 May 1957 in Parsons, Labette County, KS and was buried in May 1957 in Oakwood Cem, Parsons, Labette County, Kansas.)

James next married on 20 Jun 1890 in Labette Co., KS.