Leon Noten Snead Obituary (1931 - 2018)

MADISON Leon Noten Snead, 87, died on Monday, November 5, 2018. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, November 9, 2018 at Grace Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with military honors by the Rockingham County Honor Guard and the NC National Guard. Mr. Snead was born in Rockingham County to the late Charles H. Snead and Vallie Burge Snead. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church, where he enjoyed singing in the choir and served as church treasurer for twenty-five years. Mr. Snead served his country honorably in the United States Army, as well as his community on the Madison/Mayodan school board for twenty years. He retired from the US Postal Service after thirty years of service as a city letter carrier and enjoyed hunting and fishing. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by brothers, Marvin "Bill" Snead and Jack Snead and sisters, Norma Snead and Margaret Snead. Survivors include his wife of fifty-eight years, Barbara Poe Snead; son, Charles Snead; daughters, Jane Tilley, Jennifer Simmons (Terry) and Joyce Moore; grandchildren, Logan Snead, Bryan Moore, Kevin Moore and Meghan Moore; sisters, Jean Belton and Carol Reid. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home and all other times at the residence. Colonial Funeral Home in Madison is serving the family.