Snake Eyes, aka John Keegan TMA member #10

[BEAVERMAN]

Obituary

Edward “John” Keegan, Jr., 74, passed away on July 6, 2020. John was born on July 20, 1945 in Columbus, OH to the late Edward, Sr. and Mary (Irwin) Keegan. He is also preceded in death by his loving wife, Linda Mae and his sister, Francis Lang.

John is survived by his children, Kimberly (Devon) Prince, Edward (Sarah) John Keegan III, Katie (Doug) Fox and Keri (Kyle) Vance; grandchildren, Erin (Jimmy) Trejo, Sean, Kassidy, Kaitlyn, Keegan, Kelsie, Kaylie, K.J. and Kody; great- granddaughter, Eleanor; sister, Susan (Bill) Bickham; brother, Jim (Bonnie) Keegan.

John family will receive friends on Monday, July 20, 2020 from 3:00 to 4:00pm at the Cotner Funeral Home, 7369 E. Main St. Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 where his memorial service will be held at 4:00pm with Pastor Dennis Barnhart officiating

Snake Eyes was a true gent and avid muzzleloader , prolific poster here on the forum and has been and will be missed by me and I'm sure some of the other old timers here, keep the coffee on and the powder dry for the rest of us who will follow some day! RIP Snake Eyes!

[Ohio Joe]

Very sorry to hear this, he was TMA #10... I always enjoyed John's comments and enjoyed visiting with him on other Forums "pre - TMA" and was glad to see him come over to the TMA and lend us his support. He will be missed.
 

[Two Steps]

Wow!  Sorry to hear this...John was a good fellow and a good member...

[Bigsmoke]

Well, darn !!!!!That is sad news indeed.  He was a good friend and quite the supported of the TMA.  I don't know how many peoples' dues to the organization he paid, but it was more than a few.
After his wife, Linda passed away several years ago, he kinda dropped off the TMA forum.  Been wondering what all he was up to.
Several years ago, maybe 10 or so, I was planning on going back to Ohio for the Horners' Guild annual meeting.  In talking to John about it, he invited me to stop by his place and visit for a while.  So, I pull up to his place in the rental car and what do I see stuck in the grass by the curb?  He had a sign made that said, "Welcome to Ohio, Bigsmoke"  What a treat that was.  The dinner he fed me wasn't bad either.  As I recall, he gave me a little grab bag that contained some Ohio memorabilia as well.  He was a great guy and he will be missed.  RIP, Snake Eyes.

[Uncle Russ]

Well, darn !!!!!That is sad news indeed.  He was a good friend and quite the supported of the TMA.  I don't know how many peoples' dues to the organization he paid, but it was more than a few.
After his wife, Linda passed away several years ago, he kinda dropped off the TMA forum.  Been wondering what all he was up to.
Several years ago, maybe 10 or so, I was planning on going back to Ohio for the Horners' Guild annual meeting.  In talking to John about it, he invited me to stop by his place and visit for a while.  So, I pull up to his place in the rental car and what do I see stuck in the grass by the curb?  He had a sign made that said, "Welcome to Ohio, Bigsmoke"  What a treat that was.  The dinner he fed me wasn't bad either.  As I recall, he gave me a little grab bag that contained some Ohio memorabilia as well.  He was a great guy and he will be missed.  RIP, Snake Eyes.

John, I remember you telling that story years ago.
About 6 or 7 years ago, I suddenly stopped getting Christmas Cards from John.
There was a time when many of us oldtimers exchanged Christmas Greetings ever single year, but back to what I was saying....after a couple of years searching for Snake Eyes, I finally got a response from a guy on 1858 C&B Revolvers, and he said Snake Eyes had to quit Sam's Club due to illness,  and that had been a year or so prior.
Until this, that's the last I ever heard about John although I have asked here and other places.
I'm truly sorry to hear about John.
He was a "consistant" poster on the Forum and very few posts escaped his responding.....he was a likeable kind of fellow, with close ties to Claude, and the Muzzleloading Forum, and.....quite honestly, this fact created a lot of friction between the two Organizations during our very early years.
Not many around nowadays that might remember much about Snake Eyes, but I can assure you, all Internet Forums pertaining to Muzzleloading, or C&B Revolvers, has lost one of their most prolific posters.
He loved the game!
And, I'm quite sure he will be missed.
R.I.P. Old friend.

[BEAVERMAN]

Well, darn !!!!!That is sad news indeed.  He was a good friend and quite the supported of the TMA.  I don't know how many peoples' dues to the organization he paid, but it was more than a few.
After his wife, Linda passed away several years ago, he kinda dropped off the TMA forum.  Been wondering what all he was up to.
Several years ago, maybe 10 or so, I was planning on going back to Ohio for the Horners' Guild annual meeting.  In talking to John about it, he invited me to stop by his place and visit for a while.  So, I pull up to his place in the rental car and what do I see stuck in the grass by the curb?  He had a sign made that said, "Welcome to Ohio, Bigsmoke"  What a treat that was.  The dinner he fed me wasn't bad either.  As I recall, he gave me a little grab bag that contained some Ohio memorabilia as well.  He was a great guy and he will be missed.  RIP, Snake Eyes.

Ya know John, I remember you posting here about your visit with him, i actually found this by happenstance, while gleaning all the old posts with no pics or broken links I clicked on Snake Eyes name, went to his profile and found his real name, ( been many years since I shipped anything to him, he owned many horns knives and bags that I made), did a google on the name and what I posted popped up, kinda like he wanted us to know what happened, another good one goes to the big rondy in the sky!

[Hank in WV]

I had been wondering about John for a good while now. I remember asking Russ about him the last time I was out there visiting. He was certainly one of the TMA's biggest cheerleaders. RIP John.

[Spotted Bull]

I know that I enjoyed conversing with him on the forum. Being a newbie he was very patient and understanding of all the questions I had. Always had a great response to everyone's posts.  I had been wondering about him, too.

RIP Snake Eyes.

[Puffer]

 

[rollingb]

I see it hasn't been mentioned yet,.... but John was also a "TMA Founder". 

I,.... like Russ, took notice when John stopped sending me a Christmas card every year, and I feared his life had taken a serious downturn.

R.I.P. Snake Eyes. 

[Ohio Joe]

I see it hasn't been mentioned yet,.... but John was also a "TMA Founder".

Yes he was... Good man for sure, and will be missed, but he has good company at the TMA Campfire in the great beyond.
 

[rollingb]

I see it hasn't been mentioned yet,.... but John was also a "TMA Founder".

Yes he was... Good man for sure, and will be missed, but he has good company at the TMA Campfire in the great beyond.
 

Yep,.... John and Dave are probably havin' a good ol' time 'round the campfire right now! 

[Ohio Joe]

 

[BEAVERMAN]

I see it hasn't been mentioned yet,.... but John was also a "TMA Founder".

Yes he was... Good man for sure, and will be missed, but he has good company at the TMA Campfire in the great beyond.
 

Yep,.... John and Dave are probably havin' a good ol' time 'round the campfire right now! 

and 3 Hawks aka Gerry Nygard,&  WWPETE52 aka Wally Peters has them rolling on the ground laughing, trust me ifn you never sat around a fire with Wally and Gerry with an open bottle you've missed out!, each year at our rondy on Sat night in our clubs camp fire we raise a glass to those 2!two of the best story tellers I ever met!