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James 'Danny' Snapp, 60, was born January 13, 1949, in
Hawkins Co TN, and passed into eternal rest on July 20,
2009, after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
He was the son of Margaret Patterson Snapp and John W.
Snapp, Jr. He was named for his uncle, James Daniel
Patterson, who predeceased him.
Danny graduated from Church Hill High School, Church Hill,
TN, in 1966, received a bachelor’s degree from Lincoln
Memorial University in 1970 and a master’s degree from
Lynchburg College in 1979. He continued graduate study
through UVA Extension and served on the clinical faculty
of Lynchburg College for two years. He was employed by
Bedford County and Lynchburg Public Schools for 35 years
where he served as classroom teacher, special education
teacher, assistant principal, and visiting teacher/school
social worker. He was associated with Lynchburg Florist &
Antiques for 33 years and won numerous design awards at
state and regional meetings.
Danny’s other interests included landscaping, reading,
painting, collecting antiques, and his home, which was
built in 1884. He was a member of the Diamond Hill
Historical Society and had served on the Keep Lynchburg
Beautiful Commission and the Board of Directors of
Lynchburg Forte. He was of the Methodist faith and enjoyed
visiting his home church, McFerrin United Methodist, on
return trips home.
He was very fond of his Dachshunds, Savannah and General
Beauregard. He loved to travel and had visited most of the
countries in Europe, his favorite places being Venice,
Italy, and St. Petersburg, Russia.
He was also predeceased by his grandparents, Guy Daniel
and Mary Maybell Love Patterson and John W. Snapp, Sr. and
Sally Lou Bailey Snapp.
Danny is survived by his parents, Margaret and John Snapp
of Church Hill, TN; friend, J. Ray Pulliam of Lynchburg,
VA; one brother, Samuel Thomas and his wife, Ruth Ann, of
Jonesborough, TN; one niece, Sherri Snapp Edmondson and
her husband, Gene, of Greensboro, NC, and their three
children, Hunter, Dustin, and Clay; two nephews, Tony
Snapp and his wife, Tracy, and daughter Brooklyn of
Jonesborough, TN, and Robert Moore and his wife, Barbara,
of New York City, NY; and a very special friend, Betty Jo
Smith Kern of Blountville, TN; amd several aunts, uncles,
and cousins.
The family would like to give a special thanks to Hospice
of the Hills, Dr. Pat Pletke, Alice Powell, Renae Davis,
and Katie Nowlin.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., on Tuesday, July
21, 2009, at Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg, VA, and at
other times at his residence, 507 Thirteenth Street, Lynchburg.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22,
2009, at Court Street United Methodist Church.
A graveside service will be held at 12 noon on Thursday,
July 23, 2009, at McPheeters Bend Community Cemetery,
Church Hill, Hawkins Co TN.
Danny had a great love for flowers and a floral memorial
will be greatly appreciated. However, if you would like to
choose a different type of memorial, please consider Forte
Chamber Music, PO Box 3596, Lynchburg VA 24503, or the
building fund of McFerrin United Methodist Church, 117
Mountain View Road, Church Hill, TN., 37642.
Tharp Funeral Home is in charge:
http://www.tharpfuneralhome.com
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