DATE: Sunday, November 2, 1997              TAG: 9711020044

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: SUMMERVILLE, S.C.                 LENGTH:   26 lines

CARSON W. SWANGER

Carson Wright Swanger, 85, of the 100 block of Beaumont Court, formerly of Waynesville, N.C., died Oct. 31, 1997, in White Oak Manor Nursing Home, Charleston, S.C.

A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Joseph and Beadie Kirkpatrick Swanger. He was a retired self-employed home builder and carpenter.

Survivors include his wife, Edna Rogers Swanger; two daughters, Carolyn Shaw of Summerville and Eunice Damon of San Antonio, Texas; a son, Arvin Swanger of Virginia Beach; two sisters, Eva Clark and Ora Sutton, both of Fines Creek; four brothers, Varnell Swanger, S.T. Swanger and Coleman Swanger, all of Waynesville, and Mark Swanger of Fines Creek; eight grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in Garrett Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Waynesville, N.C., by the Rev. Jarvis Teague. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today in Wells Funeral Home, Waynesville. Memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer's Disease Association, P.O. Box 1066, Asheville, N.C. 28802-1066. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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