Swaggerty, Henry Melbern

Longtime Plumber Lived To 102

  • Monday, January 23, 2017

Henry Melbern Swaggerty, 102, of Rossville, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 23, 2017. 

Mr. Swaggerty was born on Dec. 3, 1914, in Bradley County to the late Henry Newton Swaggerty and Dollie Swaggerty.  He was the last living sibling of eight and was the oldest of five living generations.  Mr. Swaggerty had lived most of his life in the North Georgia area where he had been a plumber for over 50 years working for several companies in the Chattanooga and North Georgia area. He was a charter member of Christian Worship Center having served as Sunday School superintendent, deacon, choir director, and Sunday School teacher.  He was a man of faith and his passions in life were God, his family, music, and playing the guitar and harmonica.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Swaggerty; two sons, Glenn and Doyle Swaggerty; five sisters, Dovie Hicks, Arizona Norman, Elvie Randolph, Virgil Torbett, and Catherine Dale; and two brothers, Clyde and Raymond Swaggerty.

Survivors include his children, Rev. Harold and Becky Swaggerty fo Rossville, Mickey and Mary Catherine Swaggerty of Mesquite, TX, Linda and Allen Kaylor of Trinity, AL, and Sharon and Kenneth Whitmire of Rossville; daughters-in-law, Geneva Swaggerty and Clara Swaggerty, both of Rossville; 23 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Condolences may be sent to www.lane-southcrestchapel.com.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, Jan. 27, at noon in the South Crest Chapel with Pastor Steve Swaggerty and Brother Gary Swaggerty officiating.

Interment will follow in the TN-GA Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 4-8 p.m. at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home and Crematory, located at the end of Historic Missionary Ridge, Rossville.


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