Joseph Russell Swanay (1915-1999) - Find a Grave Memorial

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Birth

4 Jan 1915

Vonore, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA

Death

25 Aug 1999 (aged 84)

Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA

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Valhalla Memory Gardens

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Husband of Mary Alice Blevins Swanay.

Father of Sharon Swanay Parks and Carole Swanay Johnson.

Grandfather of Susan Elizabeth Parks Ang and Alice Susannah Johnson.

Son of Robert Wright and Carrie Leota (Birchfiel) Swanay.

Attended Carter County, TN schools: Valley Forge Elementary School, Hampton and Elizabethton high schools, and Milligan College, 1935-1939, from which he received A. B. degree.

Served in World War II; Lieutenant in United States Coast Guard, March 27, 1941 to July 16, 1946; awarded Purple Heart.

State Senator of Tennessee, 1955-1957.

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Mary Alice Blevins Swanay

1922–1999

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Robert Wright Swanay

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Mary Alice Blevins Swanay

Maggie Sue Swanay Hamm

LTC George Willett Swanay Sr

Wright S. Swanay

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Mary Alice Blevins Swanay

Maggie Sue Swanay Hamm

LTC George Willett Swanay Sr

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