Obituaries: Clyde F. Swanson, Sr., 1966, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 15, 1966 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For C. F. Swanson Held Sept. 16

Clyde F. Swanson, Sr., 56, employee of the Louisiana Department of Highways
for 31 years, and Resident Maintenance Engineer at the time of his death, died
in a Winnfield hospital at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, September 8, 1966.  He had
been in ill health for a number of years.

A native and lifetime resident of Winnfield, he was the son of the late C. M.
Swanson and Anna Machen Swanson, prominent Winnfield civic and business
leaders.  The deceased was a member of the First Baptist Church and in his
early business career served Ward One as a member of the Police Jury for
almost one term, resigning to accept an out of the parish position with the
Federal Government.

Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Friday in Hixson Brothers Chapel
with Dr. W. L. Holcomb and Rev. Richard Walton officiating.  Burial was in the
Garden of Memories Cemetery under direction of Hixson.

Pallbearers were Jodie Higgs, Max Allen, Harold Austin, A. T. Whisenant, Artis
Stroud, Esley Smith, Tuley Wells, and Ray Daughtry.

Honorary pallbearers were members of District 58 and District Eight, Louisiana
Department of Highways.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Corrine Talton Swanson; two sons, Clyde
Swanson, Jr., of Houma and Mike Swanson of Winnfield; and one grandson, Mark
Swanson of Houma.

Among the out of town relatives and friends attending the funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. John Swanson and W. M. Biles of Alexandria; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Machen
of Rusk, Texas; Dr. D. T. Milam and DeWitt Beckett of Monroe; J. C. Stevenson
and Edgar Mitchell of Monroe; Mrs. Harvey Gainey of Ferriday; and Arthur
Talton of Athens, Texas.