Date of birth: 1880
Date of death: 08 Feb 1978

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Burial Information

Section 11 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0275-03
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Marriage: 31 Dec 1907 - Holmes Co., MS

Burial: 09 Feb 1978

Obituary
Mrs. Emily Swenney

Mrs. Emily Stansbury Swinney, 97, died Wednesday at the Holmes County Community Hospital where she had been a patient for two days.

Funeral services were held Thursday, February 9 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church with the Reverend Dan McKee officiating. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery with Southern Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Swinney was a lifelong resident of Lexington, a daughter of William Frisby Stansbury and Mary Durden Stansbury, prominent Holmes County families. She was a communicant of St. Mary's Episcopal Church.

Survivors are a Sister, Miss Lelia Stansbury of Lexington, and three nieces, Mrs. Herman Ward and Mrs. Jim Loflin, both of Clinton, and Mrs. Robert Fulton of New Orleans.

Pallbearers were Pat Barrett, Jr., Billy Ellis. Dan Pepper, Mark Henley, Thad Henley, and Ed Thurmond.

The Holmes County Herald - Page 7

Lexington, MS

February 16, 1978

Parents:

William Frisby Stansbury, Jr.

Mary Durden Stansbury

Siblings:

Carrie Stansbury Baker

William Eugene Stansbury

James Andrews Stansbury

Claudine Rosalind Stansbury

Mary Emily Stansbury Swinney

Lelia Stansbury

Spouse:

Alexander Ewing Swinney

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