Mildred Mcghee Snelson

ASHEVILLE - MILDRED McGHEE HOFFMAN SNELSON, 68, FORMERLY OF 4 WOODROW PLACE DIED SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2001 AT EMERALD RIDGE HEALTH CARE CENTER FOLLOWING A LONG ILLNESS. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. MRS. SNELSON RETIRED IN 1994 FROM MILLS MANUFACTURING CO. AFTER 35 YEARS OF SERVICE. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE COLUMBUS AND ALTHA PENLEY McGHEE AND THE WIFE OF DELBERT DENT HOFFMAN WHO DIED IN 1964 AND ROBERT HILLARD SNELSON WHO DIED IN 1989. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A BROTHER, ARTHUR McGHEE WHO DIED IN 1991 AND STEP SON, DEAN SNELSON WHO DIED IN 1993. SURVIVING ARE HER STEP CHILDREN, RAYMOND SNELSON OF BURNSVILLE, DANIEL SNELSON AND LOIS WAYCASTER BOTH OF MARION;SISTERS, HELEN HENSLEY OF FRANKLIN, MARGARET COLLINS OF MARSHALL, EDITH BARRETT, FAYE DAVIS AND ALTHA LANGFORD ALL OF ASHEVILLE; BROTHERS, VERNON, FRANK, JOE AND ROBERT McGHEE ALL OF ASHEVILLE; 6 GRANDCHILDREN AND A NUMBER OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11 A.M. TUESDAY IN THE CHAPEL OF ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. BILL HENSLEY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE SNELSON FAMILY CEMETERY.PALLBEARERS WILL BE HER GRANDSONS AND NEPHEWS. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 9 P.M. MONDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES AT THE HOME OF A SISTER ON 16 MONTANA AVENUE. TO REGISTER ON LINE PLEASE GO TO THE FUNERAL SCHEDULE AT www.andersrice.com.