Obituary of Dan Snipe, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: The Caldwell Watchman
Date: September 2004



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Obituary of Dan Snipe
The Caldwell Watchman, January 17, 1974

Dan Snipe, 113-years-old, died Tuesday at Lincoln General Hospital here
after a short illness.

Mr. Snipe was born October 5, 1860 in Thomastown, Georgia, in Lyons County.
He was a member of the Baptist Church.

He moved to the Ruston area in 1908 and purchased a farm near here. He also
operated a sawmill on the farm located off the Ruston-Vernon Road south of 
here.

A daughter is Mrs. George Harris who resides on State Route 4, about five 
miles west of Columbia.

Mrs. Arvie Foley of Abbey, Texas, is his oldest surviving child at 65
years of age.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Kilpatrick's
Funeral Home here with the Rev. J. W. Lipscomb officiating.  Burial will
be in Riser Cemetery here.

Other survivors include five sons, King Snipe, Gus Snipe and Ed Snipe, all
of Ruston, Dan Snipe, Jr., of Grand Prairie, Texas and Johnny Snipe of 
Shreveport; another daughter, Mrs. George (Bell) Harris of Columbia; 34
grandchildren, 63 great-grandchildren.