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DATE: SATURDAY, December 11, 1993                   TAG: 9312130280
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT-SWISHER, JOHN EDWARD

SWISHER, John Edward, 50, of 810 North Daniel Creek Road, Collinsville, passed away Friday, December 10, 1993, at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville-Henry County after a lengthy illness of cancer. He is survived by his wife, Trudy Jones Swisher of the home; his mother, Helen McMillan Swisher of Axton; a sister, Dora Mae Lawrence of Spencer; brother-in-law, Lonnie Shelor of Madison, N.C.; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones of Henry; several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father, Lawrence Swisher and a sister, Barbara Shelor. He was retired from the E. I. DuPont, Martinsville with 27 years service. Mr. Swisher was a member of Beckham United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, from the McKee Funeral Home Chapel, Martinsville. The Rev. Virgil Soots will officiate. Interment will be in Roselawn Burial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at McKee Funeral Home and other times at the home in Collinsville.



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