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The cowboys in Oklahoma rancher and poet Jay Snider's family are featured inside the forthcoming CD, The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Four (2009). Each year, the CD includes a photo from a working ranch family.
Oklahoma rancher and poet Jay Snider's cowboying family, including his two brothers, two sons, two nephews, and father. From left: Joe Tom Snider, Jason Snider, Justin Snider, Jay Snider, Gene Snider, Rusty Snider, Ryan Snider, and Monte Snider at the Snider's annual Rafter S Ranch Cowboy Reunion, 1997.
Jay shared some photos of next generation as well. The first is of his grandson, Rowdy, and Jay included the verse below:
So tiny, so precious
My gosh how he's grown
Reminds me so much
Of that boy of my own
ShyAnn is Rowdy's sister:
Ruby Jean, shown with her father, Jason, is the other recent addition to the Snider line. This photograph is from a September, 2007 Picture the West:
Jay Snider has shared previous photos in Picture the West:
Photos of Jay's mother, rodeo queen and good hand, in September, 2009
Photos and stories about Jay's grandfather, Marvin Turner (1905-1976), who was a brand inspector for the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, in May, 2008
Three generations of rodeoing Sniders, and four generations horseback in September, 2007
Jay Snider's Rafter S Ranch Cowboy Reunion in August, 2007
Read more about Jay Snider and some of his poetry here.
Photo by
Jeri L. Dobrowski; see her gallery of
western performers and others
here.
Jay Snider, National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, Nevada 2007
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