Snooky 'Ella Ruth' Hutchins Vandiver

Snooky Vandiver was born on June 21, 1937, in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, to the late Matelon and Lillian Livingstone Hutchins. She passed away on October 27, 2026, in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia.

Mrs. Vandiver was a homemaker, a devoted wife to her husband of 72 years, Scott Vandiver, Sr., and a loving mother of four sons and two daughters. She opened her home to several nieces and nephews, loving them as her own throughout her life. Snooky loved going to yard sales with her two daughters and her mother, Lillian, searching for treasures she could clean up and use. She also loved antiques and working crossword puzzles. Every day at 4 p.m., she had supper on the table when Scott got home, and all eight of them sat down together to eat and enjoy fellowship.

She is survived by her children and daughter-in-law: Scott Vandiver, Jr. (Corolla) of Marietta, Georgia; Jay Vandiver (Joyce) of Fayetteville, Georgia; her daughter-in-law, Cindy Vandiver of Griffin, Georgia; Joy Vandiver McNorton (Larry) of Fayetteville, Georgia; and Amy Vandiver Hardin (Bob) of Senoia, Georgia.

She is also survived by her grandchildren, Audreyana Vandiver Aaron (Michael), Holly McNorton, Jacob Vandiver, Larry “Storm” McNorton, Jr. (April), Sammy Gardner, Lea Vandiver, and Ashlyn Gardner; and her great-grandchildren, Mayah Walley, Makaylah Walley, Waylen McNorton, Eliana Aaron, and Elisha Aaron.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Scott Vandiver, Sr.; her two sons, Paul Vandiver of Griffin, Georgia, and Bryan Vandiver of Fayetteville, Georgia; her grandson, Jay Vandiver, Jr. of Fayetteville, Georgia; and her great-grandson, Larry McNorton, III of Fayetteville, Georgia.

A graveside service will be held on Friday, October 30, at 2 p.m., with Rev. Ken Smith officiating, at Ebenezer Church Cemetery, 680 Ebenezer Church Road, Fayetteville, Georgia.

Moody-Daniel Funeral Home, Zebulon, Georgia will be assisting the family.