Viola Snell

Loving and devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Viola Snell, passed away July 21, 2014 at Providence Hospital. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 23 from 6pm – 8pm at Pecan Grove Funeral Home. A graveside service will be Thursday, July 24 at 9:30am at Rosemound Cemetery.
Viola was born in Durango, Texas on March 16, 1923 to Tom and Vera Howze. She graduated from Waco High School in 1941 and worked at Sears, where she met her future husband, Otis K. Snell. They married May 9, 1952 and had two loving sons, Otis K. Snell, Jr. and Kelly Thomas Snell. Viola and her family were long time members of Austin Avenue United Methodist Church and she attended Robinson Drive United Methodist Church in later years. Viola was an active member of the United Methodist Women. She was a two time president of the Mary Milan Garden Club and an officer in the City Council of PTA. Viola was preceded in death by her beloved husband; parents; and brothers-in-law, Lloyd Shehorn and Doyle Elliott.
She is survived by her sons, Otis (Kenny) Snell and wife Karen, Kelly Snell and wife Paula; four granddaughters , Stephanie Trotter and husband Chris, Stacy Plunkett and husband Cody, Shanna Whyburn and husband Blake, Shay Michon and husband Aaron; one grandson Ty Thomas Snell and nine great grandchildren; two sisters, Helen Elliott and Doris Shehorn and a niece and nephew.
If desired, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or Providence Congestive Heart Failure Clinic.