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