Kenneth Neal Sneed

1935 - 2019

Kenneth Neal Sneed FORT WORTH--Kenneth N. Sneed, 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. FUNERAL: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, at Winscott Road Funeral Home, Benbrook. Burial: 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, 2000 Mountain Creek Pkwy., Dallas. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Ken Sneed was born Aug. 3, 1935, in New Orleans, La., to Robert Taylor Sneed and Margaret Geraldine Trotter Sneed. He moved to Galveston as a young child where he grew up and graduated from Kirwin High School. Ken joined the Air Force on Aug. 19, 1957, and served his country proudly for 25 years, serving in Vietnam, and retiring as a senior master sergeant in 1982. He married the love of his life, Jo Ann Gernand, on Aug. 31, 1963, and they recently celebrated their 55-year anniversary. They welcomed two daughters who he cherished dearly. During retirement, Ken pursued his love of cars by working as a service advisor at several car dealerships and restoring and showing Corvairs. He was an avid bowler, golfer, car enthusiast, a Dallas Cowboys fan, and proud grandpa to four beautiful grandchildren. Ken was a quiet, gentle man of faith, a believer and follower of Jesus. He was a member of the Protestant Chapel at NAS-JR Fort Worth. Ken was preceded in death by his parents; sister-in-law, Bette Gernand; and father and mother-in-law, Fred and Caroline Gernand. SURVIVORS: Loving wife, Jo Ann Sneed; daughter, Kerri Parot and husband, Chris, and their children, Taylor and Caroline, of Phoenix, Ariz.; daughter, Karyn Yudice and husband, Luis, and their children, Alex and Kaylin; brother-in-law, Fred Gernand and wife, Carol; sister-in-law, Mary Jane Gould; and other loving family members and friends.