Can someone identify this snake?

[Rick10]

I just got reprimanded from someone in our development who said that I should have killed the snake or left it at my neighbor's house. Here is his statement in an email he sent to the neighborhood.

"Not to undo your great work and cause, but we recently we had the local TN Wildlife Officer speak to our Rotary Club and he spoke to the RBHOO as well. He stated that taking a wild animal from it's current habit and placing it in another location rarely works. About 90% of the time they won't survive. Other critters in the area will kill them or they don't know where the food source is located and they starve to death. He stated it was more humane to kill them than relocate them. Large animals do better, but small animals such as raccoons, opossums, skunks and snakes don't make it.
I'm no expert, I'm just quoting an expert."

Do you guys agree, I should have killed it, because the neighbor definitely did not want it near his house.