Mrs. Swinford passed from this life on Thursday morning, September 19, 2019 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
She was born near Bolivar, the daughter of the late Lee Howard and Jo Willie Wilson Mathis and was a life-long resident of Hardeman County. In 1976, she married Mr. William Faniel Swinford. Mr. Swinford died on February 2, 1986.
A homemaker, Mrs. Swinford enjoyed fishing, arts, crafts, puzzles, riding four wheelers and time spent with family.
She leaves two daughters, Doris Swinford of Whiteville and Mary Swinford of Jackson; five sons, John Swinford of Somerville, Jeff and Roy Swinford, both of Arlington, TN, James Hunter of Medon and William Lee Bynum of Lamar, MS; two sisters, Lois Austin and Dorothy Harrison, both of Bolivar; one brother, Robert Mathis of Henderson; fifteen grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and her boyfriend of 22 years, John Snyder.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Ruth Vandiver and Carolyn Barnes.
Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org