OBIT: James Sherman SWEIGART, 1983, Duncannon, Perry County, PA
  
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  Liverpool motorist killed
  
    NEW BUFFALO - A Liverpool area man was killed this morning when his car 
  collided with a tractor-trailer on Routes 11-15 a half mile south of the 
  borough.
    State police at Duncannon said James S. Sweigart, 31, Liverpool RD1, was 
  pronounced dead at the scene by acting Perry County Coroner Michael Shalonis.  
  Shalonis said death was caused by chest injuries.
    Police said the accident occurred at 3:45 when Sweigart's northbound auto 
  crossed the highway and collided with a southbound tractor-trailor driven by 
  Ernest O. Boyd, 44, Baltimore.
    Police said the car glanced off the rear tires of the tractor and then struck 
  the rear trailer axle.  Police said the impact ripped the axle from the trailer.  
  Police said the 1968 model car, which was demolished, came to rest in the center 
  of the roadway facing southwest and the rig came to rest on the west berm.  The 
  trucker was not injured and his rig sustained moderate damage, police said.
    The highway at the accident scene is three lanes with the center lane 
  designated for turns.  The section of the highway is straight and level.
    The accident occurred near the state police substation.  Police said the 
  accident did not cause traffic delays.
  
  Daily Item, Sunbury, PA, Tuesday, January 25, 1983, pg. 8
  
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  JAMES S. SWEIGART
  
    James Sherman Sweigart, 31, Liverpool RD1, died instantly at 3:45 a.m. 
  Tuesday, January 25, in a car and tractor-trailer accident on Routes 11-15 in 
  Watts Township, Duncannon RD1.
    Mr. Sweigart was returning from work when he apparently fell asleep at the 
  wheel and crashed head-on into a tractor trailer.
    Born Sept. 21, 1951, in Liverpool RD1, Perry County, he was the son of Mrs. 
  Mary A. Coleman Sweigart of Liverpool RD1 and the late George Lewis Sweigart.
    Mr. Sweigart served in the Army in Germany.  Following his honorable 
  discharge, he worked for several years for Susquehanna Molding Inc., Liverpool.  
  Later, he was employed at Hempt Brothers Inc., Camp Hill, and, until three 
  months ago, at the Burns Security Agency, Harrisburg.  For the past three 
  months, Mr. Sweigart was employed at the New Cumberland Army Depot.
    He was serving in the U.S. Army Reserves.
    Mr. Sweigart was of the Lutheran faith and a member of the Oriental Valley 
  Sportsmen's Association, Liverpool RD1, and the Liverpool American Legion Post 
  364.
    In addition to his mother, he is survived by seven sisters, Mrs. Erma Wileman 
  of Millerstown RD2, Mrs. Charles Goodling, Miss Judy Sweigart, Mrs. Wayne Botts 
  and Miss Tracy Sweigart, all of Liverpool RD1, and Mrs. Betty Schlief and Mrs. 
  Ernest Gallegos, both of Newport RD1; one brother, Samuel R. of Beavertown RD1; 
  five half sisters, Mrs. Chester Latchford of Enola, Mrs. Joseph McAlister of 
  Shermansdale RD1, Mrs. Carl Britcher of Duncannon RD1, Mrs. John Seiders of 
  Newport RD1, and Mrs. Cloyd Wileman of Blaine RD1; and one half brother, Lewis 
  G. Sweigart of Newport.
    Memorial services were conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Barner's Lutheran 
  Church, Liverpool RD1.  The Rev. Theodore L. Cockley officiated.  Burial
  -- remainder cut off -
  
  Daily Item, Sunbury, PA, Tuesday, January 25, 1983, pg. 8
  
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  Obituary appears in another undated clipping (paper unknown), except the last 
  paragraph reads as follows:
  
  Funeral arrangements will be announced Wednesday by the George P. Garman Funeral 
  Home, Liverpool.
  
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  Tombstone photos for Barner's Church Cemetery can be found at:
  http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/perry/tsimages/barners-mz.htm
  However, no stone for James Sherman Sweigart could be located.