Mrs. Hattie Mae Swint

STILSON COMMUNITY - Mrs. Hattie Mae Swint, age 88, died Thursday afternoon at the Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Facility. The native and lifelong resident of Bulloch County was born October 15, 1919, to Thomas Lawrence and Ada Mae Brown Sherrod. Mrs. Swint retired from the U.S. Postal Service after many years of service as a clerk and carrier in both Stilson and Brooklet Post Offices. She was and avid gardener and enjoyed working with flowers in her yard, which she shared with neighbors and her church every Sunday for many years. Mrs. Swint owned and operated Briar Patch Crafts in Stilson for many years. She enjoyed painting on wood and canvas. In 1995 she was a recipient of a Deen Day Smith Award. Mrs. Swint was a member of the Old Fellowship Baptist Church where she was past secretary/treasurer and a choir member for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Willie David Swint and a son David Eugene Swint.
She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert (Bub) and Cheryl Swint and Wayne and Sheryl Swint all of Stilson; seven grandchildren, David Swint, Kim (Randy) Totten, Brian Swint, Jill Vliet, Brad (Karrie) Swint, Danny (Melody) Covington and Elliot (Anna) Swint and 13 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Saturday from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Old Fellowship Baptist Church with Dr. Reland Morgan officiating. The body will lie-in-state one hour prior to the service.
Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be grandsons and granddaughters.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Ogeechee Area Hospice, P. O. Box 531, Statesboro, Ga. 30459 or the Old Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 701 Cleary Rd. Brooklet, Ga. 30415.
Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home of Statesboro is in charge of arrangements.