This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GBaragona Surnames: SNEAD, WOODCOCK, DeVANE, FITZSIMMONS, HATHCOCK, DICKENS, HOWELL, NELSON Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5741/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs. Joan May Snead's obituary was in the Jackson County Floridian newspaper (online) on November 14, 2009. I am not related to Mrs. Snead, nor do I have any more information. I am posting the obit for interested researchers. ***** Joan May Snead Mrs. Joan May Snead, 92, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at her home after a sudden illness. She was a native of Windsor, Mass., and was born on Nov. 28, 1916, to Edmund Woodcock and Ethel Patterson Woodcock in Windsor. With both parents deceased, she moved to New York City at an early age, and worked as a caretaker for the elderly and disabled. She then moved to Moultire, Ga., in 1938. She later moved to Sneads, where she remained the rest of her life. She was retired from Florida State Hospital. She joined the First Baptist Church in Sneads in 1952 and was a faithful member until, in her later years, she attended El Bethel Assembly of God Church until she was home-bound. She was a faithful and loving caretaker to her husband, Walter Snead, for more than 11 years prior to his death. She was a loving mother and grandmother to her daughter and grandchildren, faithful and giving to all her friends, nieces and nephews. She always had a kind word for everyon! e she knew or met. Survivors include her daughter, Margo DeVane and husband James, of Sneads; grandchildren Monica Fitzsimmons and husband Talmadge, and Homer Hathcock and wife Cyndy, all of Sneads; and four great-grandchildren, Nikki Howell Dickens, Clay Howell, and Mason and Jackson Hathcock. She also loved her two great-great-granddaughters, Kylee Howell and Bella Dickens, and a special grand-nephew, William Nelson, as well as a host of nieces and nephews she loved dearly. Visitation with the family will take place Thursday, Nov. 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. CST at the Lanier-Andler Funeral Home in Sneads. Funeral services will be Friday, Nov. 13, 2 p.m. CST at the First Baptist Church in Sneads, with Rev. Robert Johns officiating. Graveside committal services will be at Dykes Cemetery in Jackson County. Lanier-Andler Funeral Home 8261 Highway 90 Sneads, FL 32460 850-593-9900 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.