PORT MANSFIELD,TX.—Milton Monroe Snell, Sr.

Pssed away Friday, August 7, 2009 at Solara Hospital in Harlingen, TX. Born November 20, 1919 to Nettie A. Snell and T.M. Snell in League City, Texas.

He is preceded in death by two sisters, Bernice and Ora Mae and one brother, T.M. Snell, Jr.

He attended and graduated from League City High School where he was very active in all literary and sporting events.

While still in high school, he was a star pitcher for the Strong Lucus Café Team of Texas City.

In 1938 he went to work for the Texas Co., Pipeline Division, in the gang at Humble, Texas. During the next eight years he advanced in positions of warehouseman in Sour Lake, Texas, Timekeeper in Humble, Texas and to Chief Clerk in West Columbia, Texas.

In 1945 while in the marines in California, waiting for deployment to the Pacific Area, the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. Those servicemen with three children could apply for discharge, which he did. He returned to L.C. and went to work in the grocery retail business with his father and brother, Ater 27 years in L.C. and Friendswood, he sold out and he and his wife Mary Phyllis moved to Port Mansfield, Texas where he became a professional fishing guide. He lost his beloved school sweetheart after 53 years, on March 23, 1994.

He is survived by two daughter: Mary Ann Delbasty, Nancy Lynn Dyess, one son Milton M. Snell, Jr., nine grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.

Memorial services will be announced at a later date.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Duddlesten Funeral Home.

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