Florence Snipes, 76

Miss Snipes was born Jan. 8, 1930 in Warren County and was preceded in death by parents Harmon and Sinda Anna DeBerry Snipes, brother Mike Snipes, and sisters Edna Markum, Daisy Simpson, Margaret Elliott, Mamie Hankins, and Jessie Parsley. Miss Snipes was a retired nurse at VA Hospital in Murfreesboro and attended First Assembly of God.

Survivors include daughter Brenda Lee of Murfreesboro, grandchildren Diane Lee and Joshua Lee, both of McMinnville, and Denise Lee of Murfreesboro, great-granddaughter Kaiya Lee Slepinbeck of Murfreesboro; sister Grace Harting of Cartersburg, Ind.; Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Rev Sammy Lee will officiate. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The Snipes family will receive friends on Thursday from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. and again on Friday from 9 a.m. until the time of service at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.net

McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) April 19, 2006