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'''Wilburn L. Snyder''' (January 23, 1923 – May 13, 2008) was a [[Baptist]] [[pastor]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], and a survivor of the 1942 Bataan Death March and internment in the [[Philippines|Philippines Islands]] during [[World War II]].​

'''Wilburn L. Snyder''' (January 23, 1923 – May 13, 2008) was a [[Baptist]] [[pastor]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], and a survivor of the 1942 Bataan Death March and internment in the [[Philippines|Philippines Islands]] during [[World War II]].​

Snyder was born in Plain Dealing in northernmost Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]] to Mary and G. A. Hammer. He graduated in 1940 from Lee High School in Baytown, Texas, and attended the two-year Lee College, a [[community college]] in Baytown, and then the University of Houston.<ref name=chron>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/deaths/5784295.html|title=Wilburn Snyder obituary|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|accessdate=May 15, 2008}}</ref>

Snyder was born in Plain Dealing in northernmost Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]] to Mary and G. A. Hammer. He graduated in 1940 from Lee High School in Baytown, Texas, and attended the two-year Lee College, a [[community college]] in Baytown, and then the University of Houston.<ref name=chron>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/deaths/5784295.html|title=Wilburn Snyder survived Bataan Death March: Obituary|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|accessdate=May 15, 2008}}</ref>

==POW years==

==POW years==

First unable to forget the suffering that he endured as a prisoner, Snyder harbored a strong hatred for the men who showed no mercy to him and other captive Americans and Filipinos. "When I got back [to the United States], if I had the power to push a button and sink every island in Japan, that’s what I would have done. But since the Lord’s been in my life, I’ve been back to Japan four times to preach to them. I love them."<ref name=baytown/>​

First unable to forget the suffering that he endured as a prisoner, Snyder harbored a strong hatred for the men who showed no mercy to him and other captive Americans and Filipinos. "When I got back [to the United States], if I had the power to push a button and sink every island in Japan, that’s what I would have done. But since the Lord’s been in my life, I’ve been back to Japan four times to preach to them. I love them."<ref name=baytown/>​

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==Death==

==Death==

In addition to daughter Theda S. Cuellar, his survivors included his second wife, Lan’l Snyder of Baytown; sons, Kyle Snyder of Goliad, Texas, David Smith of Crosby, Texas, and Gregg Smith of Baytown; other daughter, Renae Haskins of Pasadena, Texas; three brothers, Alva John Hammer of Baytown and C.J. Snyder and Michael Snyder of Louisiana; and three sisters, Margaret A. Selzler of Raeford, [[North Carolina]], Judy Marie Snyder Knippers (born ca. 1950) and husband William C. “Buddy” Knippers of Dry Prong in Grant Parish, and Faye Harris, a Louisiana resident.<ref name=chron/>​

In addition to daughter Theda S. Cuellar, his survivors included his second wife, Lan’l Snyder of Baytown; sons, Kyle Snyder of Goliad, Texas, David Smith of Crosby, Texas, and Gregg Smith of Baytown; other daughter, Renae Haskins of Pasadena, Texas; three brothers, Alva John Hammer of Baytown and C.J. Snyder and Michael Snyder of Louisiana; and three sisters, Margaret A. Selzler of Raeford, [[North Carolina]], Judy Marie Snyder Knippers (born ca. 1950) and husband William C. “Buddy” Knippers of Dry Prong in Grant Parish, and Faye Harris, a Louisiana resident.<ref name=chron/>​

Services were held on May 15 at the First Baptist Church in Galena Park. Interment was at San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery near Baytown.<ref name=chron/>​

Services were held on May 15 at the First Baptist Church in Galena Park. Interment followed at San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery near Baytown.<ref name=chron/>​

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==References==

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