ORAN -- Jean Olive Perdue Swinson, 80, of Oran, died Friday, Oct. 28, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born July 2, 1914, in Jefferson City, daughter of Monte and Launa Hilton Lupardus.
She first married Francis Walton in 1930, who died in 1939. She and Stanley Catus Perdue were married Nov. 2, 1940. He died Aug. 11, 1966. She later married James E. Reed July 10, 1971. He died Nov. 17, 1983. She and Elmer Roy Swinson were married June 1, 1985. He died Dec. 9, 1991.
Swinson moved here 43 years ago from St. Louis.
Survivors include six sons, Stanley Perdue of Viola, Ark., Monte Perdue of Gainesville, Ga., James Perdue of Midway, Ark., Patrick Perdue of Bull Shoals, Ark., Michael Perdue of Gainesville, Ark., Danny Perdue of Benton; six daughters, Jackie Myers of Cuba, Mo., Dian Scholl and Cynthia Chapman of Holiday, Fla., Judy Puddy of Ferguson, Rebecca McConnell and Cathy LeGrand of Oran; three stepdaughters, Martha George of Memphis, Tenn., Catherine Worizer and Sue Cooper of St. Louis; 32 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, brother and three grandchildren.
Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran from 3-8 p.m. Sunday.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the chapel. Burial will be in Friend Cemetery at Oran.
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