Robert Eugene Swayngim
December 11, 1934 ~ March 25, 2008
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
ROBERT E. "BOB" SWAYNGIM
Robert Eugene "Bob" Swayngim, 73, of Asheville, died Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals.
Mr. Swayngim was born in Buncombe County and was the son of the late Samuel S. Swayngim and Mary Etta Stanley Swayngim and step-son of the late William "Bill" Swayngim. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Debra Jo Swayngim (1965) and a son, Christopher Swayngim (2004).
Mr. Swayngim was a retired architectural draftsman with 35 years experience. He formerly coached West Asheville Little League football and Venable Little League softball. He was a member of the West Asheville Church of God.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Conner Swayngim; two daughters, Tammy Swayngim-Zimmermann (Mark) of Asheville and Debbie Wells of Greensboro; three sons, Jeff Swayngim of Asheville, Chad Swayngim of the home and Todd Dorsey of Hendersonville; two sisters, Ann Reece (Vance) of Candler and Betty Cutshall (Rankin) of Hendersonville; fourteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.
A memorial service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Friday at the West Asheville Church of God with the Rev. Roger Lunsford officiating.
The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to the Family Life Center Building Fund of West Asheville Church of God, 60 State Street, Asheville, NC 28806.
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Our heartfelt, deepest condolences to the family of Eugene. God keep you all in His peace, our prayers.
Love, Janette and Ralph R.
Dad,
I know today that you have finally found that peace that you have been seeking all of these years. Today you are walking on streets of gold with Debbie and Brian. Yesterday you could not even move your body below the neck. Today you walk beside the King of Kings. Yesterday at this time you were struggling to get to the King of Kings. As we came into the room where you drew your last breaths I felt the Lord’s sweet Holy Spirit lingering to let us know that you had joined Him there….. in heaven.
I am so sorry for all the years that we lost bc of your ‘illness’ but it makes me glad to know that all of our prayers here were answered and that you are now with the Most High God.
Tell Nanny Swayngim we love and miss her so. Tell Papa Bill that we miss him as well. Tell BooBoo that his sister sure misses those wonderful green eyes of his and tell my little sister that I still love and miss her so. Take care of him Nanny, Debbie, and Brian but most of all I know that Jesus is there walking beside you showing you sights you used to preach about. Oh what a reunion that must have been. Papa Conner, Granny and Grandpa Stanley, Aunt Ethel and Uncle TB, Uncle Arthur, Uncle Bill and the countless others that preceeded you to that wonderful place called ‘Home’. At last, Dad, you are at home.
Love,
Tammy
May your soul find peace. May your spirit find comfort. May your entire being find healing while at the feet of the Lord. You will be greatly missed, as will the good years we all had with you here on Earth. Go rejoice and bask in the glory of our Father. And when you see my Daddy, please tell him I sure do miss him so. Take care Papaw…
With much love,
Jennie
My sincerest condolences to the family..God Bless and keep you all.
love,
Deb G.
Bob,
Thank you. Thank you for showing me that we are children of God always and forever. Your love and acceptance of Ann and I into your life and that of our family has always meant alot to me. You will always be remembered with love and respect form Rankin and I and our girls. You were a special man and we will miss you. Hug Mama and Daddy for me and I will see all of you soon. I know you will watch over your family from Heaven and wait for us by the river of life, until God call each of us home to be with him.
All our love and memories.
Your sister,
Betty Jo
Bob,
Congratulations!!!! Your Home. We will miss you very much. We love you. Enjoy being at home with Mama and all the family there. Keep looking around cause we join you soon. I know you found the peace and rest you were longing for. Until we see you again. All our Love,
Betty,Rankin,& girls.
Dear family,
My thoughts and prayers are with you all. I pray you feel peace in knowing Bob has gone to be with Brian, Debbie and all his family members who are there waiting for him.
May you find comfort knowing he will suffer no more. May you feel joy knowing you will one day join him and be able to feel his love and affection again.
Much Love,
Aunt Blanche
Today we can rejoice because we know that Bob has made it to his home in Heaven. Through all the trials and the long journey that your family has gone thru today there can be a peace like none known unto us. To Betty Chad Jeff Tammy and to the grandchildren know that our prayers are with you and that we are there if you need us. Some call it Heaven But Bob is calling it home.
May God continue to hold you close, and remember that God makes No Mistakes.
With Deepest Sympathy,
Ebony Leggett
Co-Worker of Jennifer Jones
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. May God fill the void in your hearts.
Love You,
Carolyn
Our prayers go out to you and all whose lives were touched by your dad/grandpa/brother/uncle. He is well and whole with the Lord in Heaven and surely reaping the reward of a life lived caring for others more than himself. May you be comforted by your memories and filled with peace in the days to come.
Betty and family,
We received the news of Bob’s passing and our hearts immediately went out to you. We are so sorry that we missed the memorial, we were given the wrong day. Find comfort in knowing Bob is at home and one day we all will join him. While the loss of Bob has changed the flavor of life, may the sweet spice of his memoories make the taste of life good. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Love,
The Atkinson’s
Vance&Ann We are saddened to hear of the passing of bob. May your family find comfort from our lord during this time of sorrow and know he is in control of all things.Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Love Evelyn Huffman,Ernie& Ellen Huffman @ fruit of labor worship center
To Betty, Jeff, Chad, Tammy and the rest of the family. We are Soooo Sorry that we didn’t get to attend the memorial service. We did not hear of this until today (April 1st).We loved Bob very much. We will always remember the times that Chad, Davey, Alisha, and Krissy played on Nebraska Ave..and Bob was always so kind to the kids…Bob was a good man. All we can think of now is What Roscoe used to say and that is: ‘Bob has Graduated’, and we are sure that Roscoe was the one to hand him his graduation cap when he reached The Glory Land…May God Bless all of you, and please accept our sincere and heartfelt sympathy.Bob can finally be at peace now.We love you all…and if you need us for anything please let us know…Love and Prayers,
Our deepest sympathy to your family in the loss of your husband and father. He was a wonderful man!
Betty and Family:
We were looking for another obit at Groce when we saw Bobs. It has been a long time, but brings back memories. Ernest graduated at Enka and remembers Bob very well also. He was a good person. Our thoughts, love and prayers are with you.
Dear Pappaw,
I missed you a lot this week, for some reason, so, I ‘Google’d you (searched for you on the internet) and this guestbook came up. I hope you can read this up there in Heaven right this very moment! I know you’re happier up there with Nanny Swayngim, Brian, Debbie, and everyone else we miss down here, but I selfishly wish every day you were still here with me. I can remember one day we were riding down the interstate and I said I wanted my apple peel cut off. You just pulled right over on the shoulder and pulled out your pocket knife. ‘Pappaw,’ I cried out, ‘you’re only s’posed to pull over here for ‘mergencies!’ like we were going to be arrested. You looked at me and said ‘Hand me the apple, son. If you want something important done it will get done, I don’t care if it gets me in trouble.’ Then there was all the times you took me to the McDonald’s playground and got me a Happy Meal. And the time when we were neighbors, I got mad at Dad and just walked over to your house in the middle of the night. I climbed up in your recliner with you and you told Dad I would come home when I felt like it. And I remember telling you ‘Love you, too, Pappaw,’ for what I din’t realize at the moment was the last chance I’d get to say it. And I remember crying my eyes out at your memorial service thinking you were gone forever, but now I realize that I’ll stroll down the streets of gold with you some day. You were, are, and always will be my apple peeler, playground chauffeur, midnight guardian, and most of all, my Pappaw. I love you so much and miss you; I can’t wait to see you again!
Love, Jeffrey
I can not believe that it has been almost seven years since you went home. I still miss you as much as I did four years ago when I wrote in here, but I am so glad you get to rest in Heaven with all our loved ones. I made it in to a great school (I am officially a Tarheel) and hope to go on and be as a great a man as you were not only in your career but also as a patriarch. I strive to fulfill the Lord’s desire in all that I do, but it can be difficult at times. I say my prayers and such, but am as bad as dad is about making it to church on a regular basis. I don’t think God keeps attendance, though. He knows what is in the hearts of all either way. Hopefully you get to talk to Him often about such things, and I await the day that I can talk with both of you in a set of rocking chairs on the front porch of a golden mansion. Thank you for showing me the love and guidance you did, Pappaw. I love you.