Elizabeth SWOOPE1

HAIRSTON.org ID#7484, b. 28 October 1928, d. 10 January 2016
Father*Lafayette Fern SWOOPE Jr.1 b. 13 Jan 1896, d. 2 Jun 1969
Mother*Carrie PROWELL1 b. 17 Jul 1905, d. 17 Oct 1981
Marriage*Elizabeth SWOOPE married G. W. REID Jr. 
Marriage*Elizabeth SWOOPE married Robert WISEMAN. 
Birth*Elizabeth SWOOPE was born on 28 October 1928.1 
She was the daughter of Lafayette Fern SWOOPE Jr. and Carrie PROWELL.1 
Census 1930Elizabeth SWOOPE appeared on the 1930 census of Lafayette Fern SWOOPE Jr. on 26 April 1930 in Beat 5, Lowndes, Mississippi.2

 
Census 1940Elizabeth SWOOPE appeared on the 1940 census of Lafayette Fern SWOOPE Jr. on 17 April 1940 in Lowndes, Mississippi.3

 
Death*Elizabeth SWOOPE died on 10 January 2016 at age 87.1 
Burial*She was buried in Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi.1 
Obituary*Elizabeth Swoope Reid Wiseman.
Elizabeth Swoope Reid Wiseman, age 87, of West Point, MS, passed away January 10, 2016, at Waverly Care Home of West Point.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at 11:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Brandon Bates officiating and Rev. Steve Davis assisting. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday, January 13, 2016, one hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Wiseman was born October 28, 1928, in Columbus, MS, to the late Lafayette Fearn and Carrie Prowell Swoope. She was a graduate of S. D. Lee High School and attended MSCW for two years. Mrs. Wiseman was a longtime resident of Kosciusko, MS, where she was an active member and volunteer of First United Methodist Church.
She was a current member of the First Presbyterian Church of West Point, and in addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, G. W. Reid, Jr. and Robert Wiseman, brother, James Prowell Swoope, and sister, Celeste Swoope Williams.
Survivors include her son, Gib Reid and his wife Ann of Columbus, MS, daughter, Tina Janssens and her husband John of Swan Marsh, Australia, stepson, Dr. Marty Wiseman and his wife Bonnie of Starkville, MS, brothers, L. F. “Teeny” Swoope and his wife Nancy of Sulphur, LA, Thomas K. “Dake” Swoope and his wife Allene of Columbus, MS, William M. “Brother” Swoope and his wife Willette of Starkville, MS, Edward A. Swoope of West Point, MS, Frank G. Swoope and his wife Carolyn of Columbus, MS, Warren D. “Oop” Swoope and his wife Jan of Columbus, MS, Walter W. “Penny” Swoope and his wife Betty of Paducah, KY, Charles M. Swoope and his wife Shirley of Columbus, MS, and Burton C. Swoope and his wife Tanya of Biloxi, MS, sisters, Eleanor Swoope Hairston and her husband Nick of Columbus, MS, and Lucy Swoope “Boopie” Beard and her husband David of Jackson, MS, grandchildren, Amy Wilkerson and her husband Phil, Matthew Janssens, and Rebecca Janssens, great granddaughter, Quinn Wilkerson, and step grandchildren, Parker Wiseman, Kelly W. Szczepaniski, D’Von Goodloe, Jennifer Flanagan, and Scott Dickerson.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Starkville Daily News, Starkville, Mississippi, Tuesday, 12 January 2016, Page 5. 

Family 1

Robert WISEMAN

Family 2

G. W. REID Jr.

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S20] Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
  2. [S1930] 1930 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  3. [S1940] 1940 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
Last Edited15 Feb 2019