Mrs. Emma Bayne Snipe Kilpatrick Funeral Home Ruston, LA, 71270 Funeral service for Mrs. Emma Bayne Snipe, age 90, of Ruston, will be held at Kilpatrick Funeral Home on Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 2:00 PM. The visitation will precede the funeral from noon to 2:00 PM on the same Thursday. Officiating the service will be Rev. Larry Emory of Long Straw Baptist Church. Mrs. Snipe was born January 8, 1920 and passed away December 27, 2010 after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gus Snipe; infant son: Willie Noel; parents: W.O Bayne and Beulah McCullin Bayne. She is survived by her children: Buleah Hayes- Rockholt and Lillie Ann Snipe- Smith and husband Steven Smith; grandchildren: Steven Bayne and wife Angela, Emma Yvonne Douglas and Kimberly Ann Barlow; great grandchildren: Elly Krueger, Calvin Whitmore, Jon Bayne, Leah Pickels, Jesse Bayne, Austin Bayne and Morgan LaPrarie; great great grandchildren: Tyler, Nevaeh, Gideon, Trystan, Gavin and many nieces and nephews. To those special nieces and nephews who were always there a simple thank you is not enough, also a special thanks to all of her attending doctors and nurses. Pallbearers: Steven Smith, Richard Snipe, Bill Davis, Johnny Mitchell, Sammy Riser and Robert Temple. Honorary Pallbearers: Steven Bayne, Dan Snipe, Jr, Ralph Barlow and Dr. Richard Ballard. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com