A Funeral Service for Austin K Snyder of Mountain Home, Arkansas, will be 11:00 am, Saturday, March 7, 2015, at the First United Methodist Church with Reverend Randy Ludwig officiating. Visitation will be Friday, March 6, 2015, from 5:00 until 8:00 pm, at Kirby & Family Funeral Home Chapel.
Austin passed away March 2, 2015, at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital at the age of 12. He was born May 26, 2002, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, the son of Danny and Robyn Taylor Snyder, II. Austin was a lifetime resident of Mountain Home. He enjoyed video games, camping, fishing and hunting. He enjoyed going to school and being around people. He had a great sense of humor and was always thinking about making people happy and doing for others.
Austin is survived by his parents, Danny K and Robyn Snyder, II of Mountain Home, AR; sister, Erika Snyder of Mountain Home, AR; paternal grandparents, Dan and Vickie Snyder of Mountain Home, AR; maternal grandmother, Judy Taylor of Mountain Home, AR; uncle, Russell Taylor of Mountain Home, AR; aunt, Tina LaCoe of Mountain Home, AR; maternal great-grandfather, Robert Taylor of Norfolk, AR; maternal great-grandmother, Carol Ulch of Muskegon, MI and two cousins, Brody and McKenzie.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Howard Taylor.
Burial will be in the Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery, Mountain Home, Arkansas, with Danny K Snyder, II, Danny K Snyder, Randy Fowler, Elijah Shelton, Josh Shelton, and Kirby Childress as pallbearers. Russell Taylor, Evan Shelton, and John Carter will be an honorary pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital or the Mountain Home Literacy Council.
Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services.