Malinda Swanger

Waynesville-Malinda Hendrix Swanger, age 92, formerly of Hendrix Street, died Monday, June 22, 2004 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. A native and life-long resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Robert L. and Jeanie Shytles Hendrix. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Roy Swanger; a daughter, Vivian Moore; five sisters, Florence Wilson, Birdell Franklin, Christell Patton, Clarence Gibson and Virginia Curtis; and four brothers, Clarence, Fred, George, and Walter Hendrix. She was a homemaker and a long-time member of Hazelwood Baptist Church. She is survived by three sons, Amon Swanger and his wife, Mary, of Chattanooga, TN, Carroll Swanger and his wife, Pat, of Waynesville and Jack Swanger and his wife, Pat, of Waynesville; 10 grandchildren; and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 24, 2004 in the Waynesville chapel of Wells Funeral Homes and Cremation Services with Reverend Don Letzring officiating. Burial will follow at Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3:00 until 4:00 p.m. on Thursday prior to the service at the funeral home. Serving as pallbearers will be grandsons. Memorials may be made to Hazelwood Baptist Church, 265 Hazelwood Avenue, Waynesville, NC 28786.

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