Henry Arthur Swicegood Jr., 88, of Danielsville, died June 25th, 2018. Henry was born in Davie County, North Carolina on June 29, 1929, to Henry Arthur Swicegood Sr. and Lillie Estelle Swicegood. He was the youngest and last surviving sibling: Gurtrude Shoaf, Irene Bailey, Magdaline Swicegood, Frank Swicegood, James Swicegood, Ruby Clement, Sue Swicegood, Anne Carlton and Kathryn Lakey.
Henry is survived by his son Eric L. Swicegood (Kristi), Acworth, GA, and daughter Lisa R Swicegood Johnson (Victor), Danielsville, and a passle of nieces and nephews in North Carolina.
Henry was an alumni of UNC and a rabid Tar Heel Basketball Fan. It was at Chapel Hill that he met his wife of over 40 years, Shirley Waters Swicegood. She passed away in 1994. He was a hospital administrator for over forty years, all over the United States, starting in Raleigh, NC, and then in Texas, Illinois, California, Georgia, and back to North Carolina, where he retired in the Tryon area, and he and Shirley built themselves a horse farm in the Green Creek community. One of his proudest achievements was being brought to Loyola University in the 1960s to oversee construction of the Stritch School of Medicine and Hospital. When Henry told the dean he was Episcipalian, and not Catholic, the dean replied "You just build us our hospital. Let me worry about God." Henry was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Memorials may be sent to University of North Carolina, General Alumni Association, PO Box 660, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0660, or to
Kindred Gentiva Hospice Foundation, 3350 Riverwood Pkwy, Suite 1400, Atlanta, GA 30339 www.kindredgentivahospicefoundation.org.
Lord & Stephens, East is in charge of arrangements. www.lordandstephens.com

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