Ann S. Swift

June 15, 1931 - Sept. 17, 2014

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Visitation:

     Monday, September 22, 2014
     2-4 & 7-9 p.m.

     Mark F. Rinker Funeral Home
     & Memorial Service, Inc.

 

Funeral Service:

     Tuesday, September 23, 2014
     11:00 A.M.

     First Baptist Church
     17 South Street
     Cuba, NY      

 

Interment:

     Fairview Cemetery
     LaGrange, NC

 

Memorials
may be made to:

     First Baptist Church of Cuba

     Cuba Library
     
     

Ann S. Swift

Ann S. Swift, 83, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Cuba Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness.

Born on June 15, 1931, in Honolulu, Hawaii, daughter of Capt. Robert Clifton Sarratt, U.S.C.G. and Ann Elizabeth Ruff Sarratt. Two husbands predeceased her: Paul A. Barwick of LaGrange NC and Paul Goodman of Kinston NC. On October 5, 2001 she married Ellsworth R. Swift of Cuba, NY where they resided until her death.

Ann graduated from Gaffney South Carolina High School and later Duke University with a Registered Nurse Degree. She worked as a nurse, and as a newspaper reporter. She was mother to several foster children. She was very active in her church, the Orchid Society, and several environmental associations and she enjoyed reading and traveling. She was a prolific blood and platelet donor.

Ann accepted everyone with her warm heart, friendliness, genuine interest in helping others and she lived a Christian life to the fullest.

She was a member and deacon of the First Baptist Church of Cuba, Nature Conservancy, Save the Manatee Foundation, and NC Wildlife Association.

Surviving are her husband Ellsworth; sisters Barbara (William) Anderson of Charleston, SC and Dale (Lee) Howard of Allen, TX; a brother Col. Robert R. Sarratt of Alexandria VA; a sister in law Shirley (David) Sweeten of Cuba; and several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends at the Mark F. Rinker Funeral Home & Memorial Service, Inc., 9 Bull Street, Cuba on Monday, September 22, 2014 from 2-4 & 7-9 P.M. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. at the First Baptist Church of Cuba, 17 South Street with the Rev. Larry A. Poelma officiating.

Graveside Services will be held at Fairview Cemetery in LaGrange NC.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Cuba or the Cuba Library.

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