Biography - Ethel Swiney

I have a leaflet from the funeral of Mrs. Ethel SWINEY, who died 8 February 1966. Her services were at Corley Chapel in Corsicana at 1 P.M. on Thursday 10 February 1966 with the Reverend Mr. Homer COX officiating; burial in Dawson Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Charlie Joe ARMSTRONG, Rufus PEVEHOUSE, Lloyd CARRAWAY, Ernest STOKES, Joe WORSHAM, and Ed ASTON.

I would like to give this leaflet to some interested member of Mrs. SWINEY's family.

Clifton Palmer McLendon, of Shelby County Texas

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OBITUARY

Hold Services For Mrs. Swiney

Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Swiney, 69, nurse, who died at her home 713 West Eleventh avenue Tuesday night were held Thursday at 1 p.m. from the Corley Chapel with burial in the Dawson cemetery.

The rites were conducted by Rev. Homer Cox, pastor of the Eleventh Avenue Methodist church, of which she was a member.

Mrs. Swiney was a native of Navarro county and a long-time resident of Corsicana.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Aubrey McDonald, Dallas; Mrs. Loyce Benfield, Corsicana, and Mrs. George Walker, Duncanville; five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, seven sisters, Mrs. A. T. Scruggs, Jacksonville; Mrs. Lewis Mathison, Corsicana; Mrs. Ray Berryhill, Kilgore; Mrs. Mary Berryhill, Elgin, Okla.; Mrs. Bertha Love, Boulder, Colo.; Mrs. Truman Burnett, Fort Worth; Mrs. Hal Hightower, Dallas; three brothers, Lewis Powers, Burleson; Odie Powers, Duncan, Okla., and A. D. Powers, Franklin, La., and other relatives.

Pallbearers were Ernest Stokes, Rufus Pevehouse, Charlie Joe Armstrong, Joe Worsham, Ed Aston and Lloyd Carraway.

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The Corsicana Daily Sun - Thurs., Feb 10, 1966
Submitted by Diane Richards
w/o Artie Presley Swiney; d/o Andrew Jackson Powers & Nilar (Pevehouse) Powers