Tarrant County Obituaries – Robert F. Snakard *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Charlotte Coble Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***********************************************   Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Used by permission from Fort Worth Star-Telegram) January 22, 1994     Robert F. Snakard, a prominent Fort Worth lawyer and civic leader, died of prostate cancer Thursday at a Fort Worth hospital.  He was 83. Vigil will be at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at Thompson’s Harveson & Cole Funeral Home.  Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m., Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church, where he attended and was active in the St. Vincent De Paul Society.  Burial:  Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth. For decades, Mr. Snakard was a senior member of the law firm of Law, Snakard & Gambill and its predecessor, Bryan, Stone, Wade and Agerton.  In recent years, he was of counsel to Law, Snakard & Gambill.  He was associated with the firm for more than half a century and maintained an active practice until shortly before his death. Mr. Snakard was born in Bradford, Pa., and had lived in Fort Worth since 1918. He attended Georgetown University and earned his bachelor and law degrees from the University of Texas.  After graduating, Mr. Snakard worked as a clerk for the secretary of the Texas Senate during a special and regular session. He was an Army Air Force veteran of World War II and served as an intelligence officer for the 8th Air Force in England. Mr. Snakard was a former president of the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Bar Association and was a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Council and the Texas Bar Association. In 1974, he was listed in Whos Who in America. He also served as president of the Area Council of Catholic Charities, Family Services Association, Fort Worth Council of Camp Fire Girls, Steeplechase Club and the Exchange Club. He served on the boards of St. Joseph Hospital, National Council of Christians and Jews, Trinity Terrace, Fort Worth Zoological Association and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. In 1979, he received the Blackstone Award from the Fort Worth Tarrant County Bar Association.  The prestigious award, named for the British jurist Sir William Blackstone, is based on the ability, integrity and courage of the recipient as an attorney. In 1982, he received the Brotherhood Citation from the Tarrant County Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He was a member of the Fort Worth Club and Shady Oaks Country Club. Mr. Snakard was a knight of the equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher. His wife of 49 years, Mary Lou Hicks Snakard, died in 1990. Survivors:  Daughter, Laura Crosby of Boston; and son, Charles R. Snakard of Dallas.