Son of Clara Augusta Hatcher and Francis Bartow Sweat. He married Nellie Arline in 1946.
Obituary, South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - October 18, 1986
Rex Sweat, who was sheriff of Duval County from 1933 to 1957 and is credited with keeping organized crime from establishing roots in the Jacksonville area, is dead at 91. Sheriff Dale Carson credited Mr. Sweat with keeping organized crime out of Jacksonville during his more than two decades in office. "He served Duval County very well during the turbulent years of the 1930s, '40s and '50s," Carson said. "His most important contribution is that he never let organized crime get a foothold in Duval County as it did during those years in much of the state." Mr. Sweat was born January 11, 1895, in Camden County, Georgia., and moved to Jacksonville in 1912 after finishing high school. He served with the Army in France during World War I and took a job with the Duval County Road Patrol a few years after the war. During those days, the county sheriff was responsible for executing criminals convicted in their county. Sweat, a staunch supporter of the death penalty, pulled the lever nine times. "The law clearly made it my duty," he said in a 1979 interview.
Obituary, South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - October 18, 1986
Rex Sweat, who was sheriff of Duval County from 1933 to 1957 and is credited with keeping organized crime from establishing roots in the Jacksonville area, is dead at 91. Sheriff Dale Carson credited Mr. Sweat with keeping organized crime out of Jacksonville during his more than two decades in office. "He served Duval County very well during the turbulent years of the 1930s, '40s and '50s," Carson said. "His most important contribution is that he never let organized crime get a foothold in Duval County as it did during those years in much of the state." Mr. Sweat was born January 11, 1895, in Camden County, Georgia., and moved to Jacksonville in 1912 after finishing high school. He served with the Army in France during World War I and took a job with the Duval County Road Patrol a few years after the war. During those days, the county sheriff was responsible for executing criminals convicted in their county. Sweat, a staunch supporter of the death penalty, pulled the lever nine times. "The law clearly made it my duty," he said in a 1979 interview.
Son of Clara Augusta Hatcher and Francis Bartow Sweat. He married Nellie Arline in 1946.
Obituary, South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - October 18, 1986
Rex Sweat, who was sheriff of Duval County from 1933 to 1957 and is credited with keeping organized crime from establishing roots in the Jacksonville area, is dead at 91. Sheriff Dale Carson credited Mr. Sweat with keeping organized crime out of Jacksonville during his more than two decades in office. "He served Duval County very well during the turbulent years of the 1930s, '40s and '50s," Carson said. "His most important contribution is that he never let organized crime get a foothold in Duval County as it did during those years in much of the state." Mr. Sweat was born January 11, 1895, in Camden County, Georgia., and moved to Jacksonville in 1912 after finishing high school. He served with the Army in France during World War I and took a job with the Duval County Road Patrol a few years after the war. During those days, the county sheriff was responsible for executing criminals convicted in their county. Sweat, a staunch supporter of the death penalty, pulled the lever nine times. "The law clearly made it my duty," he said in a 1979 interview.
Obituary, South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - October 18, 1986
Rex Sweat, who was sheriff of Duval County from 1933 to 1957 and is credited with keeping organized crime from establishing roots in the Jacksonville area, is dead at 91. Sheriff Dale Carson credited Mr. Sweat with keeping organized crime out of Jacksonville during his more than two decades in office. "He served Duval County very well during the turbulent years of the 1930s, '40s and '50s," Carson said. "His most important contribution is that he never let organized crime get a foothold in Duval County as it did during those years in much of the state." Mr. Sweat was born January 11, 1895, in Camden County, Georgia., and moved to Jacksonville in 1912 after finishing high school. He served with the Army in France during World War I and took a job with the Duval County Road Patrol a few years after the war. During those days, the county sheriff was responsible for executing criminals convicted in their county. Sweat, a staunch supporter of the death penalty, pulled the lever nine times. "The law clearly made it my duty," he said in a 1979 interview.
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