Obituaries: John H. Swanson, 1973, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
Source: Winn Parish Enterprise News-American 
Date: July 4, 1973
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J. H. Swanson, Dodson Native, Dies June 26

John H. Swanson, 69, of 2704 Navaho Trail, died at 12:40 p.m. in Alexandria
Tuesday, June 26, 1973 in St. Frances Cabrini Hospital.

He was one of the founders of the American Supply Co., organized in 1946, and
was chairman of the board at the time of his death.

Born in Dodson, he was graduated from Dodson High School and Louisiana
Polytechnic University.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Alexandria, the
Alexandria Lions Club, Jonesboro Masonic Lodge No. ____, F. & A. M., El
Karubah Shrine Temple, and the Greater Alexandria-Pineville Chamber of 
Commerce.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Doris Nichols Swanson of Alexandria; a son,
Johnny Mack Swanson of Alexandria; a daughter, Mrs. Robert Christensen of
Euless, Texas; and four grandsons.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Hixson Brothers
Funeral Home with Rev. Bentley Sloane officiating. Entombment was in
Alexandria Memorial Gardens mausoleum.