MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Joe L. Snyder
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JOE L. SNYDER

BAKERSVILLE ­ Joe L. Snyder, 79, of Cemetery Road, died Sunday in Spruce
Pine Community Hospital after a brief illness. He was the son of the late
Grover and Lou Dellinger Snyder. He was also preceded in death by two
brothers, Guy and Doc Snyder. He was employed by Mitchell County Elections
Board and was a retired lumberman. He received an award for volunteer
services form the Department of Health and Human Services and was a member
of the Mitchell County Senior Center. An avid supporter of the Republican
party, he was a member of the Mitchell County Draft Board. He was also a
veteran of WWII.
Survivors include his wife, Mae E. Snyder; two sisters, Bea Craigo of
Columbus, Ohio, and Doris MacKenzie of Marion; one brother, Ralph Snyder of
Bakersville; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Cane Creek Baptist Church,
where he was a member. Revs. Mark McKinney and Ronnie Gouge officiated.
Burial followed in Cane Creek Cemetery. The family received friends from
6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in
Bakersville.