JIMMIE NELL SNELL LARSUEL WAS BORN TO THE LATE LIMMIE FRANK SNELL, SR. AND KATE SNELL HENDRIX ON DECEMBER 11, 1946 IN NEWTON, ALABAMA AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS, SHE WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON MARCH 12, 2016. SHE ATTENDED CANTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND GRADUATED FROM CANTON MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL. AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, JIMMIE DEVELOPED A LOVE FOR  MUSIC AND SINGING. SHE SANG WITH A GROUP CALLED THE SUGAR CAKES AND LATER FORMED A GROUP WITH HER LATE BROTHER, LIMMIE, JR. AND SISTER, MARTHA. THE GROUP WAS CALLED "LIMMIE AND THE FAMILY COOKIN". THEY WERE BLESSED TO TRAVEL OVERSEAS AND MADE SEVERAL HIT RECORDS. MOST NOTABLY, "YOU CAN DO MAGIC", DREAMBOAT" AND "A WALKIN MIRACLE". JIMMIE WAS ALSO A UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN WHO SERVED HER COUNTRY PROUDLY POST-VIETNAM ERA. SHE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON MAY 30, 1978. JIMMIE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER LATE HUSBAND, OTIS LARSUEL, HER FATHER, FIVE SIBLINGS AND A SPECIAL NIECE AND NEPHEW. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY, HER DEDICATED MOTHER, KATE SNELL-HENDRIX OF DECATUR, GA. ; TWO BROTHERS, LOWRENZO SNELL AND MARK SNELL, BOTH OF CANTON, OHIO; TWO SISTERS, BRENDA BAGBY (PERCY) OF COVINGTON, GA. AND MARTHA LUKES (CALVIN) OF ATLANTA, GA.; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

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