SOURCE: Newspaper Obituary: Maggie Lou Cook Snell; Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri); Published: 31 May 2009:

MAGGIE LOU SNELL
Maggie Lou Snell, 90, of Bolivar, formerly of Columbia, entered into rest on Saturday, May 30, 2009, at Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility in Bolivar after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at Sulphur Springs Baptist Church in New Franklin with Brother Gary Humphrey officiating. Burial will be in Sulphur Springs Cemetery in New Franklin under the care and direction of Butler Funeral Home of Bolivar. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. There will also be a visitation from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbia. Maggie was born on July 29, 1918, in Howard County. She grew up in and around Howard County, St. Louis and Columbia. She married Vencil Celmont Snell on April 2, 1939. They made their home in Rocheport and Columbia for several years before she moved to Bolivar to live with her daughter and son-in-law. She was saved at an early age and attended Sulphur Springs Baptist Church until moving to Bolivar. Then she attended Fair Play First Baptist Church. Maggie took great pride and joy in spending time with family and friends. She loved embroidery and sewing quilts for all her children and grandchildren. She had a very giving spirit and was loved by many. She also enjoyed doing ceramics that she had given to many friends and loved ones. She also enjoyed painting. Maggie is survived by her daughter, Wanda Bozarth of Bolivar; her daughter-in-law, Charlene Snell; and one sister, Alice Freeze. Also surviving are five granddaughters, three grandsons, six great-granddaughters, eight great-grandsons and seven great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Ethel Cook; her husband, Vencil Celmont Snell; one sister, Pauline Kellher; two brothers, Paul L. Cook Jr. and James Cook; one son, Vencil Don Snell; and one son-in-law, James Bozarth. Casket bearers will be Travis Helmsworth, Vencil Bozarth, Timothy Bozarth, Allen Bozarth, Mickey Ray Culbertson, Chris Pitts and Chris McKinney. Memorial contributions can be made to the Citizens Memorial Hospital c/o Butler Funeral Home, P.O. Box 11, Bolivar, Mo. 65613. Friends may sign the guest book or send private condolences at www.butlerfuneralhome.com.