Swift, Mary Elizabeth

1920 - 2010  (89 years)

• Name	Swift, Mary Elizabeth
  Birth	19 Sep 1920	Grayville, Edwards County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	SWIF.M001
  _FGRAVE	51481715
  Funeral	24 Apr 2010 (89 years)	Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [2]
  Death	22 Apr 2010	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [2]
  Burial	24 Apr 2010	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [2, 4]
  		Headstone, Chaffin, Mary Elizabeth and Charles "Herb" Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  Person ID	I20430	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Swift, Otto Monroe   d. Bef 22 Apr 2010
  Mother	Culliver, Essie Mae   d. Bef 22 Apr 2010
  Marriage	Y  [5]
  Family ID	F9180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Chaffin, Charles Herbert 'Herb',   b. 17 Apr 1916, Hoosier Township, Clay County, Illinois d. 28 Mar 2004, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1977  [1, 6]
  Children	> 1. Chaffin, H.W. > 2. Chaffin, G.J. + 3. Chaffin, Charles Robert 'Chuck',   b. 12 Nov 1941, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 29 Jun 1993, Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana (Age 51 years)   4. Chaffin, Janet Sue,   b. 18 Sep 1944, Olney, Richland County, Illinois d. 10 Jan 2025, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F9179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Sep 1920 - Grayville, Edwards County, Illinois Death - 22 Apr 2010 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Funeral - 24 Apr 2010 - Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Burial - 24 Apr 2010 - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Mary E. Caldwell Chaffin, 89, of Clay City, died at 1:20 a.m. Thursday, April 22, 2010, at her residence. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Clay City. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home in Clay City with Doyle Williams officiating. Burial will be in Clay City Cemetery. Mrs. Chaffin was born September 19, 1920, in Grayville, the daughter of Otto Monroe Swift and Essie Mae Culliver Swift. She married Charles Herbert Chaffin on May 28, 1977. He preceded her in death on March 28, 2004. She was a homemaker. She was of the Christian faith. Mrs. Chaffin is survived by her son, Herbert Wayne Chaffin and his wife, Carmen, of McKinney, Texas; daughter, Gloria June Jones and her husband, Steven, of Olney; daughter, Janet Sue Chaffin, of Clay City; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Jessie Burnett and Ruby; daughter-in-law, Sandra Morris; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Otto Monroe and Essie Mae Swift; stepfather, Albert Schmittler; husband, Charles Herbert Chaffin; son, Charles Robert Chaffin; granddaughter, Cynthia Denise Magnussen; three sisters; and two brothers. Published Olney Daily Mail.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5598] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Chaffin, Charles Herbert, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27167018/charles-herbert-chaffin), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5599] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Chaffin, Mary E. Caldwell Chaffin, 89, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51481715/mary-elizabeth-chaffin), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1180] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 26, page 13a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2). [S5600] http://findagrave.com, Headstone, Chaffin, Mary Elizabeth and Charles "Herb", (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=27167018&PIpi=10950787), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2316] Olney Daily News (Olney, Richland County, Illinois), Obituary, Cochran, Myrtle Eileen, 73, (Olney Daily News (Olney, Richland County, Illinois), 20 May 2011) (Reliability: 2). [S16423] https://www.kistler-patterson.com, Obituary, Chaffin, Janet Sue, (https://www.kistler-patterson.com/obituaries/Janet-Sue-Chaffin?obId=34381174), none. (Reliability: 2).