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Eleanor B Snell 1909 - 2006

Eleanor Blanche (Parris) Snell of Grove, Delaware County, Oklahoma United States was born on October 2, 1909 to Thomas Jefferson Parris and Lucille Rebecca Chastain. She had siblings Lyle Wilkerson Parris, Pauline Elizebeth Bohannon, and Thomas Parris. She married Albert Snell, and died at age 96 years old on August 11, 2006. Eleanor Snell was buried at Parris Cemetery in Cherokee County.

Eleanor Blanche (Parris) Snell

Grove, Delaware County, Oklahoma 74344, United States

October 2, 1909

August 11, 2006

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October 2, 1909

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American Indian
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Cherokee Nation
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Christianity
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2006

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August 11, 2006

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Parris Cemetery in Cherokee County, Oklahoma United States
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Eleanor Blanche Snell of Grove died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, at Integris Grove General Hospital. She was 96. Snell was born Oct. 2, 1909, in Tahlequah to Tom and Lucy (Chastain) Parris. She grew up in Tahlequah and received her education there. Before retiring in 1962 and moving to Grove, she worked as a dietician and nurse's aide for Chilocco Indian School. Snell was a charter member of the Grand Lake Baptist Church and was a current member of the First Baptist Church of Grove. She was a member of the Grand Lake O' The Cherokees Quilt Guild, the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, the Ponca City Chapter of Order of Eastern Star and the Chilocco Alumni Association. She married Albert Snell on Feb. 28, 1940, in Newkirk. He preceded her in death on Oct. 25, 1996. She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Lyle Parris. Survivors include one sister, Pauline Bohannon of Grove; a brother, Tom Parris and his wife Jean of Arkansas City, Kan., and two nephews, Tom Bohannon and his wife Connie of Grove and Jerry Bohannon and his wife Brenda of Tennessee. A funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14, at Grove First Baptist Church with the Rev. James Wilder and the Rev. Lloyd Crawford officiating. Interment will be in the Olympus Cemetery in Grove. The family will receive friends from 1 to 8 p.m. today at the Ellis Family Funeral Home in Grove.

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Eleanor B Snell lived 25 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.

The average age of a Parris family member is 71.

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In 1909, in the year that Eleanor B Snell was born, William Howard Taft became the 27th President of the United States on March 4th. Previously Secretary of War, Judge on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Solicitor General of the U.S., and Governor of both the Philippines and Cuba, Taft was the only President who went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

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In 1913, Eleanor was merely 4 years old when the Philippine–American War ended for good in June. While the official end of the war was in 1902, fighting continued for several years. An estimated 200,000 to 250,000 total Filipino civilians died and although the U.S. viewed its role as a colonial presence as one of preparing the Philippines for independence, American colonization drastically changed the character off the culture. The Catholic Church was no longer the state religion and English became the primary language of the government.

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