Swearingen, Acey A.    

MARSHALL -- Services for Acey A. Swearingen, 92, of Lombard, Illinois, will 
be 2:30 p.m. Thursday, January 26, 2006, at the Colonial Chapel of 
Sullivan--Heaster Funeral Home in Marshall, Texas, with Dr. Dean Peterson 
officiating. Interment will follow in Algoma Cemetery of Marshall, Texas. 
Mr. Swearingen passed away January 22, 2006, in Lombard, Illinois. Mr. 
Swearingen was born November 3, 1913, in Marshall, Texas, to Ben and Mollie 
Swearingen. He graduated from Marshall High School. Mr. Swearingen served 
in the United States Army from February 27, 1942 to November 23, 1945, 
during World War II. He was a wholesaler of candy and tobacco for Swearingen 
Tobacco Company from 1945 until his retirement in 1979. He married Dorothy 
Peterson in 1983 in Longview, Texas. Mr. Swearingen was a member of the 
National Tobacco Association, Texas Tobacco Association, and Arkansas 
Wholesale Grocers and Tobacco Association. Survivors include his wife, 
Dorothy Swearingen of Lombard, Illinois; sons and daughters-in-law, Acey 
and Lee Swearingen of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Dean and Connie Peterson of 
Lombard, Illinois; daughter, Becky Swearingen of Longview, Texas; 
grandchildren, Tucker Swearingen of Little Rock, Arkansas, Sara Swaeringen 
of Little Rock, Arkansas, Shelly and Ben Kilpatrick of Boliver, Missouri, 
and Rob and Julie Peterson of Lombard, Illinois; and sister, Iris Phipps of 
Henderson, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ben and Mollie 
Swearingen; brothers, Ben E. Swearingen Jr., and M.D. Swearingen; and sisters, 
Lillie Edwards, Iola Mercer, and Marie Overlock. No formal visitation is 
scheduled.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/25/2006.

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Swearingen, Acey A. 


MARSHALL -- Services for Acey A. Swearingen, 92, of Lombard, Ill., will be 
2:30 p.m. today, January 26, 2006, at the Colonial Chapel of Sullivan--Heaster 
Funeral Home, with Dr. Dean Peterson officiating. Interment will follow in 
Algoma Cemetery. Mr. Swearingen died January 22, 2006, in Lombard, Ill. Born 
November 3, 1913, in Marshall, he was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during 
World War II, and a wholesaler for Swearingen Tobacco Company. Survivors 
include his wife, Dorothy Swearingen; sons, Acey Swearingen and Dean Peterson; 
daughter, Becky Swearingen; and sister, Iris Phipps.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/26/2006.