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Gloria Sweazy Obituary

Gloria Burgin Sweazy, 89, of Bardstown, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at her residence.  On June 24, at 10:20 p.m. Jesus welcomed our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend into the room He had prepared for her.  She passed away peacefully at home, after bravely battling complications from strokes and dementia.  Her family remained by her side as the Angels guided her to her eternal rest.
John 14:2-3.  (2) In my father's house are many mansions:  if it were not so I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  (3) And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also.
She worked for Stewarts Dry Goods in Louisville, was a licensed real estate agent, and she worked at American Greetings in Bardstown, until her first stroke caused an early retirement, and she was a die-hard Kentucky Wildcats Fan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William "Sonny" Sweazy; her mother, Orene Burgin; her father, Ernon Burgin; and a brother, Darrell Burgin.
She leaves behind her four children, Sylvia (Tony) Kuykendall, Sunny Sweazy, Randy Sweazy and Kim (Paul) McCoy, all of Bardstown; seven grandchildren, Chris (Amanda) Kuykendall, David (Angela) Sweazy, Amanda (Shawn) Vance, Andrew (Rachel) Sweazy, Brandon Sweazy, Matthew McCoy and Challen McCoy; 14 great-grandchildren; countless friends and relatives; and caretakers Whitney Mattingly and Janet Brown.
Her funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday June 28, at Barlow Funeral Home, with burial in Highview Cemetery in Chaplin.  Brother Ray Johnson will officiate. 
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday, June 27, and 9-11 a.m. Saturday, June 28, at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may go to Hospice of Nelson County.
Barlow Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.   

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Kentucky Standard from Jun. 26 to Jun. 27, 2025.

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