Wilma Tipton Snipes Obituary

Wilma Tipton Snipes attended Clyde A Erwin High School in Asheville, NC. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Wilma Tipton Snipes.

Graduation Year	Class of 1963
Date of Passing	Mar 22, 2015
About	Wilma Tipton Snipes, 70, of Asheville, passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2015, at the John F. Keever Hospice Solace Center after a long battle with cancer. A native of Asheville, Mrs. Snipes was a daughter of the late Jesse and Mildred Tipton. Wilma was a 1963 graduate of Erwin High School and went on to be a substitute school teacher with Asheville City and Buncombe Co. Schools for many years. Mrs. Snipes is survived by her husband, Sam Snipes; sons, Randy Snipes (Sonya) and Jason Snipes (Melissa); brothers, James "Elmer" Tipton (Judy), of Oklahoma City, OK, Kenneth Tipton (Debbie), of Charlotte, and Lloyd Tipton, of Asheville; sister, Pauline Davis (Richard), of Asheville; grandchildren, Zach, Eli and Cory; and many nieces and nephews who were all special to her. She is also survived by hundreds of small school children and dozens of school teachers in Buncombe Co. schools, which she always considered to be her extended family. A funeral service for Mrs. Snipes will be at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Groce Funeral Home chapel on Patton Ave. with the Rev. Terry Sprouse officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Her family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening at the funeral home