Carroll Swayngim

June 22, 1924 ~ October 8, 2006
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Asheville ~ Carroll Swayngim, Sr., 82, of Overlook Place, died Sunday, October 8, 2006.
A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of the late William and Katherine Loree Norman Swayngim and husband for 54 years of the late Ellen Naomi Ball Swayngim, who died in 2000.
Mr. Swayngim was a retired purchasing agent with the Biltmore Press Printing Co. with over 50 years service with them. He was an Army veteran of World War II, a member of Skyland Baptist Church and the Men?s Gideon Sunday School Class.
He is survived by his daughter, Patricia Loree Ingle, and her husband James E. Ingle, of Asheville; his son, W. Carroll Swayngim, and his wife Linda, of Asheville; sister, Gertrude Swayngim of Florida; brother, Bobby Swayngim of San Francisco, CA and three grandchildren, Chris Swayngim, Brad Swayngim and Brian Ingle.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday at the Skyland Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. David Honeycutt, the Rev. Dr. Carl Mintz and Chris Swayngim.
Burial will follow in the New Salem Cemetery with military rites conducted by the Buncombe County Veterans Council Memorial Team.
The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service at the church.
Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813 or to Skyland Baptist Church, P.O. Box 278, Skyland, NC 28776.
To the Swayngim family: I know how much your Dad and Mom meant to my parents, Charles and Margaret Holden of Skyland Baptist Church, and I want to extend my sincere sympathies for your loss. Your Dad always spoke to my disabled daughter Amanda and gave her the sweetest smile whenever we were in town and at church. God bless and keep you in the days ahead.
Pat and family. I’m so sorry to read of your loss. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
I was saddened to hear of Mr. Swayngim’s death. He was a sweet man with a wonderful smile. He loved his family & his church & enjoyed relating his 50+ years of employment at the same jobsite. His family will be in my prayers.
To the family of Mr. Swayngim, We all loved him. May God be with each one. He was a very special person to all of us at Skyland Baptist Church. Love, Roger and Donnie