Age 78, Lawton - Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Harold Metheny officiating. Mr. Snyder died Saturday in a Lawton hospital. Burial with military honors will be in Highland Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will follow the interment ceremony at the Hampton Inn and Suites, 2610 NW Cache Road. Mr. Snyder was born September 26, 1931 in Oklahoma City to Harry J. and Mattie Mae Snyder. He graduated from Central High School in Oklahoma City and attended Oklahoma City University. In the summer of 1941 Charley's older brother, Harold, was working for J. Wiley Richardson's in Oklahoma City when he decided to run away from home. Charley went to Mr. Richardson and asked for Harold's job and got it at the ripe ole age of ten. He was hanging Christmas decorations in downtown Oklahoma City when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He served in the Air Force on active duty during the Korean War and was discharged as a Staff Sergeant in 1953. He married Mary Lou Williams in 1950 and they were divorced in 1964. He then married Marjorie Miller in 1965 in Lawton. She preceded him in death on May 5, 1994. He then married Doris Berry on June 3, 1995 in Lawton. He was a lifelong florist and except for his time of service in the military was active in business as an employee, partner or owner. He was a charter member of the Oklahoma Junior Florist Association. He served as board member, chairman and district representative for FTD State of Oklahoma, a board member and president of the Oklahoma State Florist Association and was a featured designer for the Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Colorado Florist Association. He moved to Lawton from Oklahoma City in 1955 and while in Lawton served on the Salvation Army Camp Fire Board of Directors, co-chaired two United Fund Campaigns and one Red Cross Campaign. He was a member of the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce and chaired a vote of the people to bring urban renewal to Lawton and assisted in passing a bond issue to build the present police station. He was also a Rotarian. He served on the Lawton City Council from 1964 to 1966 and while on the council as Police Committee Chairman instituted the policy of competitive examinations for promotions. He resigned due to the death of J. Wiley Richardson. In 1980 he acquired a Texas Longhorn cow and calf and from that time has been actively engaged in breeding registered Texas Longhorn Cattle. He was a member of the Texas Longhorn Breeder's Association of American, a charter member of WR Cattle Company and Oklahoma Texas Longhorn Breeder's Association and was a member of the Indian Territory Texas Longhorn Association. He was a Methodist. He is survived by his wife, of the home; his children, Dr. Kenton Miller, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Charles E. "Chuck" Snyder, Jr., Lawton, John Snyder, Vermont, Al Berry and wife Randi, Mesa, Arizona, Alicia Shirley, Lawton, and Thomas Berry, Lawton; 13 grandchildren, Charlene Ayala, Lawton, Charles Miller, Saulk Rapids, Minnesota, Jennifer Fitschen, Claremore, Oklahoma, Kendra Janevski, Alexandria, Virginia, Brandi Stokes, Stuttgart, Germany, Shannon Zuniga, Austin, Texas, Robert Boyd, Lawton, David Cochran, Lawton, Makayla Berry, Lawton, Magnus Snyder, Laramie, Wyoming, Ryan Tucker, San Antonio, Shawn Tucker, Ningbo, China, and Zane M. Buxton, Salisaw, Oklahoma; Nine great grandchildren, Chase Stokes, Stuttgart, Germany, Marcus Santos, Cedar Park, Texas, Emily Watson, Austin, Texas, Jonathan Zuniga, Austin, Texas, Aubrey Zuniga, Austin, Texas, Dallas Tucker, Washington, D.C., Connor Fitschen, Claremore, Oklahoma, Cameron Fitschen, Claremore, and Kalina Janevski, Alexandria, Virginia. His brother, Harold, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Eddie Wood Scholarship Foundation.