Jarvis remembers Lexington's Jimmy Snyder
A memorial service was held Friday for Jim Snyder Jr., an attorney, author and conservative candidate for statewide office in North Carolina. Snyder, 76, died Sunday, September 12, at his Lexington home after an extended illness, daughter Elizabeth Snyder Lancaster said Thursday. Snyder won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 2004 before losing to Democrat Beverly Perdue in the general election. He also competed unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor in 2008 and for U.S. Senate in both 2002, losing to Elizabeth Dole, and in 2014, losing to Thom Tillis.
Snyder grew up in Lexington and ultimately attended Wake Forest University, where he played basketball, and went to its law school. He served briefly in the North Carolina legislature in the early 1970′s to serve out his father’s unexpired term when he died. Snyder kept the family’s law firm in Lexington going after his father’s death and practiced law until 2018, Lancaster said. Snyder also wrote nearly 20 books, including novels, recollections and “The Conservative Mind: A New Model for Government.”
It was an honor to know Jim and he will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
