John Sweatt

ROCK HILL - Mr. John Harvey Sweatt, born July 8, 1931, in Great Falls, S.C., died May 30, 2011, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C.

The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Greene Funeral Home Northwest Chapel, with Debra Quilling Smith officiating. Burial will be at Forest Hills Cemetery.

Mr. Sweatt was a longtime resident of Rock Hill, S.C., and a member of St. John's United Methodist Church. He graduated from Great Falls High School in 1949, where he excelled in baseball and basketball, earning five letters total. He attended Kings Business College in Charlotte with an emphasis in accounting. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War from 1951 to 1955, and was stationed in the Philippines on the USS Yorktown. After his honorable discharge from the Navy, he worked as an accountant at JP Stevens and Co. in Rock Hill and in Greenville, S.C., until 1966. He then worked for Bowater Carolina Corporation in multiple financial areas including cost, financial and tax accounting, as well as managing insurance matters over a 28 year career, retiring in 1994. He was an avid golfer and participated in many golf tournaments including an event at Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte, where he partnered with professional golfer, Gene Littler.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Glorious Slayton Sweatt of the home; son, Brice and daughter-in-law, Tracie; three grandchildren, John Neely (18), Joseph (12) and Catherine (11), all of Mount Pleasant, S.C.; his mother, Sadie Gwinn Sweatt; two sisters, Betty Thorne and Carol Gambrell; and many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his son, John Michael Sweatt; grandson, Jeremy Brice Sweatt; and father, Walter Brice Sweatt.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday at Greene Funeral Home Northwest Chapel, 2133 Ebenezer Road, Rock Hill.

Memorials may be made to the St. John's United Methodist Church Building Fund, 321 S. Oakland Ave., Rock Hill, SC 29730 or to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson Research, Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 4777, New York, NY 10163.