Funeral program for Lonnie Gus Swinson

Funeral Services
FDR THE LATE
Lonnie Gus Swinson
Sunday. April 23. 1989
3:DD P. M.
Jerusalem Baptist Church
GRDVELAND, GEORGIA
REV. DR. L. PERRY MCNEAL - OFFICIATING
INTERMENT - CHURCH CEMETERY
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME
IN CHARGE
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
OBITUARY
Lonnie Gus Swinson went peacefully to sleep in the
early A. M. on Wednesday, April 19, 1989.
He was born in Hubert, Georgia on July 25, 1921,
the son of the late Evelyn Hayes Graham and Harry
Swinson.
Lonnie Swinson lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pa.
for many years returning to Georgia in 1976.
He was united in holy matrimony to Theresa Baker
McKinnon in June 1976.
Brother Swinson joined and remained an active
member of Jerusalem Baptist Church until his health failed.
He leaves to mourn a devoted wife, Theresa Swin-
son, Claxtcn, Ga.; one step-daughter, Beverly Mikell, Ft.
Lewis, Washington: a step-father, Richard Graham, Clax-
ton, Ga.; seven step-sisters, Mrs. Lily Mae Harris, Clax-
ton, Ga.; Mrs. Mae Francis Russell, Washington, D. C., Mrs.
Fronita Moore, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Adgonal Bradshaw,
Miami, Fla., Mrs. Malvina Davis, Savannah, Ga., Mrs.
Eudora Edinfield, New York, N. Y., and Mrs. Arlivia Hamlin,
Baltimore, Md.; six step-brothers, Richard Graham, Jr., Ox-
en Hill, Md., Samuel Graham, St. Louis, Mo., T. J. Smith,
New York, N. Y., S. J. Smith, Augusta, Ga., Arnie Lee
Smith, New York, N. Y., and Morris Smith, Claxton, Ga.;
four aunts, Mrs. Maude Seabrook, Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs.
Effie B. Baylor, Mrs. Gussie Anderson and Mrs. Marie
Carpenter of Eden, Ga.; one step-son-in-law, Dennis Mikell;
two step-granddaughters, Kayina and Deidra Mikell; one
step-grandson all of Ft. Lewis, Washington; four sisters-
in-law, Mrs. Bertha Smith and Mrs. Falada Crumbley of
New York, N. Y., Mrs. Veleria Pankey, Aberdeen, Md.,
and Mrs. Evelyn Kirkland, Claxton, Ga.; three brothers-in-
law, Winton Baker, Sanford, Fla., Kelly and Uthal Baker,
Claxton, Ga., other relatives and a host of friends.
ORDER OF SERVICE
Prelude
Processional......
Scripture.........
Prayer............
Selection.........
Remarks...........
Acknowledgements
Solo.............
Eulogy...........
Viewing
Recessional
Rev. L. Perry McNeal
. . Rev. Robert Griggs
.... Rev. Julius Hines
...............Choir
. . Dea. Rayford Bacon
.....Sis. Ester Griggs
. Sis. Dorothy Green
Rev. L. Perry McNeal
Interment
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Eiekiel Baker
Lorenzo Bacon
Chester Garrison
Ulysses Bacon
Lee Artis Martin
Adrian Hagin
FLOWER BEARERS
Friends
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Swinson Family graciously acknowledge all acts
of kindness shown during this time of bereavement. May
God bless you.
Lord, 1 am weak, but thou art strong.
And unto thee the weak belong.
In me there is no strength at all.
Without thee I would surely fall.
I need thee more than I can say.
To show to me thy blessed way.
Which I should walk from day to day.
When I take my place near thy throne.
Rest then in the Lord.
Do not struggle or moan.
For everything, even thy loss.
Will turn to gain beneath the cross.
JMM