Dot Paris Snyder

Dorothy (Dot) Paris Snyder, 91, of Louisville, Kentucky, born October 3, 1927 to the late Emmett Gaines Paris and Thyra Hudson Paris, went to sleep in Jesus on February 11, 2019. She was preceded in death by her parents and her only sister, Marjorie Jean Paris Franklin, on November 24, 2016, as well as her husband, William John Earl Snyder, on May 25, 2005.

Dot was a member of the Louisville First Seventh-Day Adventist Church, where she served and was an active member for 89 years. She was a retired bookkeeper of 30 years for Modern Radio and Television Service and a retired switchboard operator of over 25 years for Norton Hospital Suburban.

Most importantly to her, Dot was a beloved mother to her four surviving children: her son, Dr. Steven Paris Snyder of Louisville, KY; her son, William Scott Snyder and his wife, Kimberly Blevins Snyder of Louisville, KY; her only daughter, Sally Gaines Snyder Jewell, of Louisville, KY; and her son, John Stuart Snyder and his wife, Shirley Scott Snyder, of New Albany, IN.

Dot cherished her four beautiful granddaughters: Emily Thomas Parker Jewell and her boyfriend, Moise Lacy, of Atlanta, GA; Kelsey Jordan Snyder and her boyfriend, Thomas Nail, and his daughter, Lilly Nail, of Asheville, NC; Megan Elizabeth Snyder Jewell and her boyfriend, Benjamin Castellanos, of Asheville, NC; and Mackenzie Landon Snyder of Louisville, KY.

Dot deeply loved her only niece, Judith Jean Franklin Elkins and her husband, John Allen Elkins, of Crestwood, KY; her only nephew, Dr. Mark Edward Franklin and his wife, Trisha Bellamy Franklin, of Cincinnati, OH; her great niece, Jennifer Dail Elkins Matthiessen and her husband, Dr. Patrick Marlin Matthiessen, of Crestwood, KY; her great nephews Justin Franklin Elkins of Medford, OR, Edison Keller Franklin and Alden Bennett Franklin of Cincinnati, OH, and John Tice Franklin of Chicago, IL; and her great, great nephew and nieces, Owen Maxwell Matthiessen and Lily Paris Matthiessen of Crestwood, KY, Olivia Jean Elkins of Medford, OR, and Harper Ann Elkins of Louisville, KY.

Dot will be remembered with a celebration of life service on Friday, February 15, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. at Evergreen Funeral Home and Cemetery, 4623 Preston Highway, Louisville, KY 40213. Visitation will be on Friday February 15, 2019 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with the funeral immediately following.

Memorial gifts may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Dot’s memory, an organization she deeply respected and faithfully supported.