Mr. Darryl Erskine Sneed

Darryl Erskine Sneed was born as the second child to the late Dr. Jimmie Louis and the late Mrs. Dorothy Yvonne Stagger Sneed in Albany, Georgia, on September 29, 1959. Darryl transitioned on July 4, 2022, to be with the Lord. At an early age, he attended Sunday School and was baptized at the First Mount Olive Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, where he sang in the youth choir. He received his formal education in the Dougherty County Public School System at the following schools: Hazard and Coachman Park Elementary, Southside and Merry Acres Junior High School and he graduated in 1978 from Albany High School. While attending school, his parents had him actively involved in Jack and Jill of America, Inc., Boy Scouts of America, the Albany Urban League, Merry Acres Junior, and Albany High School Bands. He also participated on the schools’ teams as a leading starting player in basketball and football, both in junior and high schools. He attended Morris College in Sumter, South Carolina where he received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree in Business Administration in 1983. Darryl played basketball and pledged Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated. He was born into a family of entrepreneurs. Darryl was actively involved in the family band in which he played the trumpet at various locations and venues in Leesburg, Georgia. He was a greengrocer (sold home grown vegetables and fruits), and part owner of a car dealership. Darryl’s business journey gave him an opportunity to work as branch manager at various financial institutions. In his educational journey, Darryl worked in the Warren County School System and ended that journey in the McDuffie County School System. He retired as a dedicated educator with 15 years of service. In addition to his parents, our beloved Darryl Erskine Sneed was preceded in death by parents-in-law, Jessie and Mamie Jones; a brother-in-law, Richard Jones; a sister-in-law, Vanessa Jones and nephew, Norman Farrell, Jr. He leaves to cherish his memories: his lifetime love and wife of 34 years, Telaine Jones Sneed; two devoted and handsome sons, Deltrick Sneed and Dexter Sneed; three loving siblings who are left to remember the good times that they shared, a brother, Zibaska (Christina) Sneed; two sisters, Sebrenia Sneed-Farrell (Norman Farrell) and Deneen Sneed; three additional sisters-in-law, Ruby Nettles, Losie (James) Ivery, and Loretta Jones; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.