Obituary of Jacqueline Swisher

Jacqueline Belk Swisher Jacqueline Belk ?Jackie? Swisher, 84, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2009 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born April 16, 1925 in Matthews, NC, a daughter of the late Robert Bruce Belk and Macie Lee Paxton Belk. She was a graduate of Central High School and attended Stratford College in Danville, Virginia. Mrs. Swisher was an active volunteer for many years in the Emergency Room of Charlotte Memorial Hospital, which is now Carolinas Medical Center. She was a longtime supporter of Charlotte Country Day School, serving as chairperson of several Parent Committees, and was also a member of the Charlotte City Club. She and her late husband were sponsors and supporters of the annual Heart Ball. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. She was a very outgoing person, and enjoyed entertaining her friends as well as the friends of her children. Mrs. Swisher found great joy in and dearly loved each of her grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 33 years, the late Armand T. Swisher, Sr., and her second husband, the late James Rudolph Thompson, Jr. Survivors include her daughter, Jacqueline Swisher Wheatley and her husband John of Charlotte; two sons, Armand Tipton Swisher, Jr. and Patrick Lee Swisher and his wife, Laura both of Charlotte; a step-daughter, Vista Thompson Brown of Phoenix, Arizona; a step-son, Duncan McDaniel Thompson of Greensboro, NC; a sister, Ann Belk Hollar of Charlotte; six grandchildren, Olivia Lee Swisher, Logan Swisher, Griffin Swisher, Lawson Swisher, Charlie Wheatley and John Wheatley; and a great grandson, Braxton Howard. The family would like to express their gratitude to the caregivers from Sharon Towers and from Home Care of Charlotte including Overia Brown, Lilly Bridges, and Celeste Holcombe for their loving and diligent care over the last few months. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Thursday evening at Hankins and Whittington Funeral Service, 1111 East Blvd, Charlotte, NC. A memorial service to celebrate Mrs. Swisher?s life will be at 2:00 P.M. Friday at First Presbyterian Church, 200 West Trade Street, Charlotte, NC, with The Reverend Doctor William P. Wood officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Charlotte Day School Boosters Club, 1440 Carmel Road, Charlotte, NC 28226.