DAVID BUTLER "BUBBA" SNIPES
Died Aug. 29, 2013
HARTSVILLE, S.C. -- Funeral services for David Butler "Bubba" Snipes, 89, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home chapel, with burial in Darlington Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Snipes died Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013.
Born in Wayne County, N.C., he was a son of the late Marion Butler and Lela Mae Bunn Snipes.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving as a pilot in the Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1945. He was employed by CP&L of Hartsville, S.C., where he and his family resided.
In 1980, he received a senior operator license from the NRC for the nuclear power plant in Hartsville. He retired after 33 years as a control room supervisor.
He is survived by wife, Patsy Brown Snipes of Williamsburg, Va.; sons, Steve (Karen) Snipes of Jacksonville, Fla., Tommy (Amelia) Snipes of Statesville, N.C., Richard (Sandra) Snipes of Florence, S.C., and Phil (Lynn) Snipes of Midlothian, Va.; stepdaughter, Sherrie (David) Cooke of Williamsburg, Va.; nieces, Ann Scott (Bobby) Jakubiel of Clayton, N.C., and Billie Faye (Bobby) Sasser of Goldsboro, N.C.; 13 grandchildren, April, Steve II, Stephanie, Pam, Kenny, Matt, Lisa, Rollie, Nicky, Mandy, Bryan, Caleb and Eli; and 18 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife and mother of his four sons, Mary Duggan Snipes.
Go with our undying love to be with the Lord that you loved so much. We will miss you greatly. We will remember you always as an honest, loving, kind and generous soul. With love, Your family.
Memorials may be made to McLeod Hospice House, 1203 E. Cheves St., Florence, S.C., 29501, or Williamsburg Community Chapel, 3899 John Tyler Hwy., Williamsburg, Va., 23185.
Condolences for the family may be written at www.bpafuneralhome.com.
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Published in Obituaries on August 30, 2013 1:58 PM