Dock Snyder

Thanks to Nancy Snyder for providing the picture below. Standing, Ralph is on the left and Joe is on the right. Dock is kneeling on the left and Bea is on the right.

"I was close to Dock, he was a good first cousin and would ride me on his bicycle handle bars down the road by the mill. Too bad he was “cannon fodder” at the battle of the Bulge."

This was from Jack Dellinger of the Dellinger Mill on Cane Creek, Bakersville.

Thanks to Matthew Snyder (Mitchell class of 2014) for providing these 2 pictures. Dock was the brother of Ralph Snyder (in the top picture and a WWII Navy Veteran) and Ralph was Matthew's great grandpa. Ralph spoke to one of my US History classes about his WWII experiences and what Mitchell County was like in the 30s and 40s.