Ernest Snowden

Ernest Snowden, age 91, widower of Elsie Townsend Snowden, of Lofty Heights Road, Clay City, Kentucky passed away Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Thompson-Hood Veterans Center, Wilmore, Kentucky. Born in Clay City, Kentucky he was the son of the late Bryan Snowden and the late Fannie Tipton Snowden. Corporal Ernest Snowden was a World War II Marine Corps Pacific Theatre Veteran and survivor of the Battle of Guadalcanal where he was wounded twice and the Battle of Peleliu where he was also wounded twice. He was a member of Marine Corps League PFC Harold G. Epperson Det. 1113, Disabled American Veterans Powell County Post No. 103, AMVETS of Kentucky Clay City Post 67, American Legion Post 305 Military Honor Guard and he was a licensed short wave radio operator. Ernest Snowden was a retired line foreman with Clark RECC and a member of Powell's Valley Baptist Church. He is survived by one daughter, Bonita Snowden Tito and her husband Thierry of Clay City; brother, Rodney Snowden of Irvine and sister, Ava Nell Barnett of Clay City. In addition to his wife and his parents he was also preceded in death by three brothers: Preston Snowden, Leber Snowden and Franklin Snowden Sr. and by two sisters: Lella Bell Berry and Letha Mae Sexton. Funeral services officiated by Bro. Marion Brewer and Bro. Gary Willoughby will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at Hearne Funeral Home, 125 West College Avenue, Stanton, KY. Visitation begins at 5:00 P.M. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial with military honors will be in Powell's Valley Cemetery alongside his wife. Active pallbearers are Danny Barnett, Mark Barnett, Zack Barnett, Morris Barnett, Ricky Berry, Franklin Snowden Jr., Shannon Snowden and Wesley Sexton. Honorary pallbearers are Charles Pearson, Ed Burtner, Larry Meadows, Ray Warford, Delbert Clemons and Cebert Gilbert Jr.. Arrangement by Hearne Funeral Home, Inc.