He was preceded in death by his parents, Landon and Julie Poteet Swafford; brother, Edward Swafford and sister, Nora Clark.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Effie McReynolds Swafford of Cleveland; daughter, Mary-Ellen Loveless and husband, Jonathan of Athens, GA; grandson, William Coleman Loveless of Athens, GA; brothers: Winston Swafford, Horace Swafford and wife, Edith all of Riceville, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Monday in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with the Reverend Debbie Stokes officiating. Interment will follow in Fort Hill Cemetery with Steve Swafford, Donald Swafford, Mike Myers, Beau Matthews, Roy Quinn and Aaron Keller will be serving as pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony concluding the service.
His family will receive friends from 2-5 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home with a Masonic Service at 5:00 P.M and from 12-2 P.M. Monday prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Broad Street United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 3, Cleveland, TN 37364.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Landon and Julie Poteet Swafford; brother, Edward Swafford and sister, Nora Clark.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Effie McReynolds Swafford of Cleveland; daughter, Mary-Ellen Loveless and husband, Jonathan of Athens, GA; grandson, William Coleman Loveless of Athens, GA; brothers: Winston Swafford, Horace Swafford and wife, Edith all of Riceville, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Monday in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with the Reverend Debbie Stokes officiating. Interment will follow in Fort Hill Cemetery with Steve Swafford, Donald Swafford, Mike Myers, Beau Matthews, Roy Quinn and Aaron Keller will be serving as pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony concluding the service.
His family will receive friends from 2-5 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home with a Masonic Service at 5:00 P.M and from 12-2 P.M. Monday prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Broad Street United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 3, Cleveland, TN 37364.
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