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Myrtle May Morris Swanger

Birth
Missouri, USA
Death
22 Aug 1940 (aged 48)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Wife of John William Swanger

Daughter of John Calvin "Zack" and Amanda Catherine Rainbolt Morris

MRS. J. W. SWANGER, wife of Engineer for Ice Company dies at Hospital--Mrs. Myrtle Swanger, wife of J. W. Swanger, Hollywood Ice Co. engineer, died at 4:50 o'clock yesterday afternoon at John Gaston Hospital. She was 49. Mrs. Swanger was stricken with an attack of asthma from which she had suffered many years and died a few minutes after being admtted to the hospital. A native of Charleston, Mo., Mrs. Swanger moved to Memphis 24 years ago from Newberry, Mich. She was a member of the Hollywood Baptist Church and lived at 1498 Maplewood. Besides her husband she leaves four sons, A.J., C.L., J.H, and Joe W. Swanger; three daughters, Mrs. E.C. Burrow, Mrs. L Berry and Willie May Swanger, all of Memphis; her mother, Mrs. Amanda Morris; her brother, Clarence Morris, and a sister, Mrs. Alma Delaney, all of Blytheville, Ark. Cosmopolitian Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 8/23/1940)

SWANGER--At John Gaston Hospital, Thursday afternoon, Aug. 22, 1940, at 5:30 p.m., Mrs. Myrtle May Swanger, aged 49 years; wife of J. W. Swanger, mother of Mrs. E. C. Burrow, A. J., C. L., J. H., Willie Mae, Joe Waymon Swanger, Mrs. L. Berry, all of Memphis, Tenn; daughter of Mrs. Alma Delaney and C. C. Morris, all of Blytheville, Ark. Due notice of time and place of funeral will be given. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cosmopolitan Funeral Home. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 8/23/1940)

MRS. MYRTLE SWANGER--Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Swanger, who died at John Gaston Hospital Thursday afternoon, will be held at the Hollywood Baptist Church at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, with the Rev. Lawrence C. Riley officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park with Cosmopolitan Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Swanger, 49, lived at 1498 Maplewood and had been a resident of Memphis for 24 years. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 8/24/1940)

From death certificate:
Myrtle Swanger
1498 Maplewood, Memphis
Female, White, Married, Age 49
Trade - Housewife
Husband - J.W. Swanger
Birthplace - Missouri
Father - J.C. Morris, born Missouri
Mother's Maiden - Amanda Rainbolt, born Missouri
Informant - C.S. Miller
Burial - Memorial Park
Wife of John William Swanger

Daughter of John Calvin "Zack" and Amanda Catherine Rainbolt Morris

MRS. J. W. SWANGER, wife of Engineer for Ice Company dies at Hospital--Mrs. Myrtle Swanger, wife of J. W. Swanger, Hollywood Ice Co. engineer, died at 4:50 o'clock yesterday afternoon at John Gaston Hospital. She was 49. Mrs. Swanger was stricken with an attack of asthma from which she had suffered many years and died a few minutes after being admtted to the hospital. A native of Charleston, Mo., Mrs. Swanger moved to Memphis 24 years ago from Newberry, Mich. She was a member of the Hollywood Baptist Church and lived at 1498 Maplewood. Besides her husband she leaves four sons, A.J., C.L., J.H, and Joe W. Swanger; three daughters, Mrs. E.C. Burrow, Mrs. L Berry and Willie May Swanger, all of Memphis; her mother, Mrs. Amanda Morris; her brother, Clarence Morris, and a sister, Mrs. Alma Delaney, all of Blytheville, Ark. Cosmopolitian Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 8/23/1940)

SWANGER--At John Gaston Hospital, Thursday afternoon, Aug. 22, 1940, at 5:30 p.m., Mrs. Myrtle May Swanger, aged 49 years; wife of J. W. Swanger, mother of Mrs. E. C. Burrow, A. J., C. L., J. H., Willie Mae, Joe Waymon Swanger, Mrs. L. Berry, all of Memphis, Tenn; daughter of Mrs. Alma Delaney and C. C. Morris, all of Blytheville, Ark. Due notice of time and place of funeral will be given. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cosmopolitan Funeral Home. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 8/23/1940)

MRS. MYRTLE SWANGER--Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Swanger, who died at John Gaston Hospital Thursday afternoon, will be held at the Hollywood Baptist Church at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, with the Rev. Lawrence C. Riley officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park with Cosmopolitan Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Swanger, 49, lived at 1498 Maplewood and had been a resident of Memphis for 24 years. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 8/24/1940)

From death certificate:
Myrtle Swanger
1498 Maplewood, Memphis
Female, White, Married, Age 49
Trade - Housewife
Husband - J.W. Swanger
Birthplace - Missouri
Father - J.C. Morris, born Missouri
Mother's Maiden - Amanda Rainbolt, born Missouri
Informant - C.S. Miller
Burial - Memorial Park


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