Margaret C. Snider
July 26, 1926 — June 13, 2010
Mrs. Margaret C. Snider, age 83 of Franklin, KY., entered into rest Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 10:30 P. M. at the Medical Center in Franklin, KY.
A native of Sumner Co., TN. she was the daughter of the late Rufus Cummings and the late Allene Traughber Cummings. She was preceded in death by a sister Marie Stinson.
She is survived by her husband James Snider; 2 daughters: Melinda Pennington and husband Jodie of Conway, AR. and Rebecca Wicker and husband J. D. of Milroy, IN.; a son Paul Snider of Evansville, IN.; 3 sisters: Sophie Snider Ray of Paris, TN, Yovonne McCrary of Gallatin, TN. and Carolyn Cole of Louisville, KY. and a brother Ray Cummings of Portland, TN.; 7 grandchildren: Sara Pennington, Ellen Pennington Steinmiller, Katherine Snider, Molly Snider, Allene Wicker, Benjamin Wicker and Douglass Wicker; a great granddaughter Margaret Gail Wicker.
Mrs. Snider was a member of the Franklin First Baptist Church where served as sunday school teacher for many years, she graduated from Draughon’s Business College in 1945 and worked as a bookkeeper at Kerley’s in Portland until her marriage in 1947. Margaret taught piano lessons in her home and area schools from 1955 - 1976 and served as a church pianist, organist, and choir member from the age of 13.
Mrs. Snider also pursued her interest in local history and genealogy, researching and assisting in writing and publishing two books cataloging cemeteries in Sumner County and Simpson County as well as working to restore and preserve the Maple Hill Cemetery in Portland. She was a member of the History Subcommittee which researched the history of the First Baptist Church for its sesquicentennial celebration. She served as regent and historian for the Simpson County DAR Chapter and past president of the Simpson County Historical Society and also was instrumental in the restoration of the old jail which now houses the Simpson County Archives. She received the Kentucky Historian of the year award from the Kentucky Historical Society and was named a Kentucky Colonel.