Horse World Saddened by the Loss of Scott Snider
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Cave Scott Snider, 76, died Saturday, the 17th day of August, 2019, at his residence. Born in Bloomfield, he was the son of Mary Durrett Snider and the late Virgil R. "Rats" Snider. He began his working career as a farmer and later went to work in the livestock supply business as an employee of Feeder's Supply. Establishing his own feed and livestock bedding company, he owned and operated Livestock Show Services, providing livestock stabling supplies to equestrian events throughout the country.
He was affiliated with the World's Championship Horse Show for fifty-two years, retiring in 2016. He worked with the Shelbyville Horse Show for thirty years. A dedicated horseman, he formerly managed the Gasparilla Charity Horse Show in Florida and the Pro Am Benefit Classic Horse Show in Perry, Georgia. His memberships also included the Taylorsville Lodge No. 210 of Free and Accepted Masons.
His survivors include his wife, Beth Snider of Shelbyville; his mother, Mary Durrett Snider of Taylorsville; his sons, Michael Snider and his wife, Tammy, of Taylorsville, and Chris Snider and his wife, Sarah, of Missouri; his daughter, Allison Cleek and her husband, Alan, of Overland Park, Kansas; his sister, Lora Cheek and her husband, Woody; his grandchildren, Leslie Slaughter and her husband, Craig, Kelsey Metts and her husband, T. J., Amanda Harmon and her husband, Brent, Drake Snider, Grant Auman, Chase Auman, Ella Auman, and his great-grandchildren, Kendall Slaughter and Mason Slaughter.
Visitation will be from 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM Wednesday at the Hall-Taylor Funeral Home of Shelbyville, Ky.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Thursday the 22nd day of August 2019 at the Big Spring Cemetery near Bloomfield, with the Reverend Gene Wright and the Reverend Lisa Zalhalka officiating. Interment will be in the Big Spring Cemetery.
Contributions and expressions of sympathy may be sent to the United Professional Horsemen's Association Foundation Inc. earmarked for the "Maria Knight Scholarship Fund" 4059 Iron Works Parkway Ste. 2 Lexington, Kentucky 40511.
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