William Thomas "Buster" Snipes

1910 - 1987  (76 years)

• Name	William Thomas "Buster" Snipes
  Birth	23 Nov 1910	Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 May 1987	Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma   [2]
  Burial	Riverside Cemetery, Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma   [2]
  Person ID	I40994	The Hennessee Family
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Robert Garrett Snipes,   b. 13 Aug 1871, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee d. 19 Dec 1947, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Ella Emerson,   b. 7 Dec 1889, Milford, Ellis County, Texas d. 22 Oct 1959, Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	8 Oct 1905	Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F14789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Glennie Mae Thomason,   b. 15 Oct 1911   d. 11 Mar 2003 (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	25 Jul 1929	Greer County, Oklahoma   [1, 4]
  Children	1. Stanley Eugene Snipes
  Family ID	F14790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Nov 1910 - Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma Marriage - 25 Jul 1929 - Greer County, Oklahoma Death - 23 May 1987 - Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma Burial - - Riverside Cemetery, Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  It would take a full book to include the precious memories I have of my grandparents and their love for us and of all the stories they told us of their life experiences and our family. My grandpa, William Thomas "Buster" Snipes, was a hard-working farmer who also built a gas station he ran during the Great Depression there in Mangum, OK. He was the son of Robert Garrett Snipes and Mary Ella Emerson. He would have given any person the shirt off of his back. I have memories of going out to feed the cows, ride on his tractor, being thrown from a horse he was leading with my little brother and I when I was about 8, going fishing with him, playing tennis on the park tennis courts, the $20 bills he would force me to take when we would leave for home in TX after a visit, and on and on. He gave himself the nickname, Buster. He died after many years of having Alzheimer's gradually take over...Lori Snipes King [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4518] Lori Snipes King | 1 Jan 2015 | HISLIGHTS@aol.com. [S4522] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12764627. [S4519] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12764637. [S4523] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12764628.