Rev. James Elvis Swafford

Rev. James Elvis Swafford, 86 of Paragould died Sunday at his residence. Bro. Swafford was a retired Baptist minister and a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Zelma Nadgerine Swafford; parents, Marshall and Gertrude Hinton Swafford; brother Charles Swafford. Rev. Swafford pastored many different churches: Cornoa Road Baptist Church, Flint, MI, Walcott Baptist Church, Imboden 1st Baptist Church, Immanuel Baptist Church, Doniphan, MO, Forrest City 2nd Baptist Church, Walcott Baptist Church, Rosewood Baptist Church, St. Bethlehem 1st Baptist Church in Bethlehem, TN, Big Creek Baptist Church and interim pastor of Vines Chapel Baptist Church until April 2010. Survivors include daughters and son-in-law, Gloria and Jim McMillon of Paragould and Cindy Whiteside of Campbell, MO; son and daughter-in-law, James E. Swafford, Jr and wife Kaye of Rossville, GA and a special friend, Euva Witcher of Paragould. Grandchildren, Royce and Amanda McMillon, Rusty and Vanessa McMillon, Richard Whiteside, Cordellia Whiteside Risley, Brian and Lavanda Swafford. Great grandchildren, Talon and Tenley McMillon, Bryson Swafford, Grifen and Silas Whiteside, Visitation will be Thursday from 12:00 noon – 1:00 P.M. at Heath Funeral Home. Graveside services will be 1:30 P.M. Thursday at Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Charles Abanathy officiating. Memorials may be may to the Greene County Baptist Association.