Donnie Ray Snipes

Great Falls Rev. Donnie Ray Snipes, 73, died Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at Lancaster Convalescent Center.The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at Lancaster Church of God with Rev. Donald Hawkins, Rev. Gerald Starnes, Rev. Doug Martin, and Rev. Thomas Gillium, SC Church of God General Overseer officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery, Great Falls, SC. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Friday, February 15, 2013 at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home, 26 Underwood Ave., Great Falls, SC and from 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM on Saturday, February 16, at Lancaster Church of God. Rev. Snipes was born March 26, 1939 in Lando, SC and was a son of the late Ray Von Snipes and Gertrude Bishop Snipes.He attended Lando and Lewisville schools and completed his GED while serving in the military.Rev. Snipes was a retired millwright with Bowater and was a Church of God minister.He was a member of Lancaster Church of God. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Baker Snipes; one son, Keith Snipes and wife Sharon of Lancaster; one daughter, Darlene Hyatt and husband Alan of Lancaster; five grandchildren, Misty Greer, Ray Hyatt, Shana Ratliff, Travis Snipes, and Kayla Hyatt; and three great-grandchildren.He was preceded in death by a brother, Rev. Charles Lemuel Snipes and a sister, Geneva Strack. Memorials may be made to Midstate Alzheimers Association, 3223 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 100, West Columbia, SC 29169 or to First Pentecostal Holiness Church, Building Fund, P.O. Box 256, Lancaster, SC 29721. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.dantzlerbakerfuneralhome.com