Virginia "Jeanette" Mcdaniel Mcswain

Virginia "Jeanette" McDaniel McSwain, of Conyers, Georgia (originally from St. Augustine, Florida) went home to be with the Lord on May 16, 2013, at the age of 83, after an extended illness. Jeanette was an active member of her church, enjoyed reading the Bible, and teaching Sunday School. Jeanette was a true Christian in knowledge and example. Jeanette was a joyful person often singing or whistling as she worked. She was a beautiful and fashionable woman; enjoying sewing for herself and her children. She was a very good cook and baker. She loved walking on the beach, sunbathing, and eating catfish and shrimp. God blessed our family when he gave her to us. Jeanette attended St. Johns River Junior College, in Palatka, FL. She worked in the family construction business in St. Augustine, Florida, and had the first pre-kindergarten school. She later moved back to Georgia and co-founded Jet Food stores, based in Sandersville, GA. After retirement she lived with her husband in Conyers, GA. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Darlene Stembridge-Deuschle; her grandson, Sgt. Bryan Joseph Tutten; her parents, Grady and Mattie McDaniel; sisters, Jan Walton, Mary Hilda McDaniel; and brother, PFC Bobby McDaniel.Survivors include her husband, Clarence McSwain of Conyers, GA; her daughter and son-in-law, Sylvia Jeanne Smallwood and Hoyt J. Smallwood, Jr., of St. Johns, FL; her daughter, Angela Kay Young of St. Augustine, FL; her stepdaughters, Tammy Parrish, Sherri Hudgins, both of Conyers, GA, Kim and Richard Culpepper of Covington, GA; grandchildren, Karl and Keely Deuschle, Michael and Elizabeth Lagasse, Clint Culpepper, Luke Hudgins, Joshua and Emily Parrish, Alex Culpepper, Constandina "CP" Tutten; great-grandchildren, Catherine and Gareth Tutten, Grayson and Sidney Lagasse, Mikaela and Ean Deuschle; sisters, Frances Pope of Covington, GA, Shirley Harper of Fitzgerald, GA, Arelia and Julian Goad of St. Augustine, FL; brothers, Randal McDaniel of Cartersville, GA, Jerry and Phylis McDaniel of Webster, FL, Ronnie and Connie McDaniel of St. Augustine, FL.The Memorial Service for Mrs. Jeanette McSwain will be held Saturday, June 1, 2013, at 11:30 AM, at Harvest Baptist Church, 2075 Hwy. 212, in Covington, GA, with the Rev. Richard Culpepper officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: The Gideons International, P.O. Box 140800, Nashville, TN 37214; or The Wounded Warrior Project, 4899 Belfort Road #300, Jacksonville, FL 32256. A celebration of her life will be held in St. Augustine, FL, at a later date; arrangements to be announced.