Funeral services were held Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, EPC for Mary Drake Swoope, 69. Rev. Steve Davis officiated.
Mrs. Swoope passed away Sunday, August 22, 2010, at Darlington Oakes in Verona.
Born August 8, 1941, in Vicksburg, Mrs. Swoope was the daughter of the late Alexander Alford Batton and Isabella Person Drake.
Mrs. Swoope was a retired teacher from the Lowndes County school. She was on the Board of Directors of MEA, and was a member of Aberdeen Jr. Auxiliary, and West Point Club. She was also a member of the DAR in Port Gibson, MS.