Donna Marie Gulley Snowden was born on September 7, 1955, in Boston Massachusetts to the late John L. Gulley and Minnie Bell Ellis Gulley. She accepted Christ at an early age. She attended schools in Boston, Massachusetts through the ninth grade. Donna married the love of her life John H. Snowden in the summer of 1971. They moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts where she continued her education and graduated from Fitchburg High School in 1974. Later two children were born, Jamieca and Shaleah.
Donna served faithfully as a deaconess at New Hope Community Church in Ayer, Massachusetts under the pastorate of Pastor Gary Palmer. She was active with a Faith Recovery Group prior to moving to Arkansas. She was a member of Delight First Assembly of God Church in Delight, Arkansas. Donna worked as both a charter bus driver and school bus driver prior to her retirement. She was a loving mother and devoted wife. Her outgoing personality was like a magnet that drew people to her for conversation and laughs. She never met a stranger and made friends easily. Her love for kids was evident in the love she displayed with her own children and grandchildren. Although Donna couldn’t sing, she loved music and would just hum her tunes.
Donna passed peacefully on Friday, September 18, 2025, at her home with her husband, John at her bedside. She was preceded in death by her parents, John L. Gulley and Minnie Gulley.
Her memories will linger in the hearts of her husband, John H. Snowden of Delight, AR; her son, Jamieca Y. (Melinda) Snowden of South Carolina; her daughter, Shaleah K. Snowden of Chesapeake, VA; five grandchildren, Xavier, Niriah, Kensae, Rhema and Miah; her godchildren, Tiffany Fitx and Caleb Smith; her brother, John Gulley, Jr. She also leaves a host of nieces, nephews, special friends, Catherine “Butch” Reed, Linda Hutchins and several other friends.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2025, from 10am until service time at of Delight First Assembly of God Church in Delight, Arkansas. Services will be gin at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Dwight Craig, officiating. Interment will be at Harrison Chapel Cemetery in Delight.
Pallbearers will be Jaben Snowden, Claude Gentry, Aaron Meeks, Jamico Snowden, Seth Kirkham, Jonathan Stevens and Cameron Snowden. Honorary pallbearers will be Roy Snowden, Lawrence Snowden, James Snowden, Leotis Snowden, Cota Snowden and Gearl Leeper.