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- ERWIN — Mr. Ernest C. Snyder, age 80, of 324 South Main Avenue, Erwin, died Wednesday, August 11, 2010, at his residence.
Mr. Snyder was a native of Charleston, West Virginia, moving as a young boy to Elizabethton, where he raised his family. He lived in Wilmington, North Carolina, for 23 years and has been a resident of Erwin since 1995. Mr. Snyder was a son of the late Edward and Hattie Day Snyder.
He was a Korean War U.S. Army Veteran. Mr. Snyder was of the Baptist Faith. He was a millwright working in Industrial Construction and had been employed for over 23 years with Tennessee Line and Twine in Elizabethton and retiring in 1995.
Mr. Snyder enjoyed working in his garage after retirement and also enjoyed restoring a 1966 Ford Mustang with his son, Jerry.
Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Cora Mae Buchanan Snyder, in 2006; and brothers Ed, Jim and Bruce Snyder.
Survivors include: Sons, Jerry Snyder and wife, Amy, Erwin, James Snyder and wife, Sheri, Willard, North Carolina; Daughters, Jean Harmon and husband, Vaughn, and Teresa Snyder, all of Erwin, and Kathy Snyder, Charlotte, North Carolina; Brother, Frank Snyder and wife, Kathleen, California; Sister, Pansy Hanson and husband, Dean, Hampton; Thirteen grandchildren; Twelve great grandchildren; Several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Funeral service for Mr. Snyder will be held at 8:00 P.M. Friday from Erwin Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Ronnie Holloway will officiate. Music will be provided by Inez Chandler.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Friday at the funeral home and other times at the residence.
Committal service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday in Happy Valley Memorial Park. Military honors will be accorded by the Boone Dam VFW Post #4933 and the Tennessee National Guard. Friends will serve as pallbearers. Family, minister, pallbearers and friends are requested to meet at the cemetery by 10:45 A.M. Saturday.
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Abt 1930 - 2012 (~ 82 years)
