Lula Arvis Swepson

1934 - 2022

Lula Arvis Swepson

September 3, 1934 - July 22, 2022

Our beloved Lula Arvis Swepson transitioned from this life into the eternal presence of her Lord and Savior on Friday, July 22, 2022, at Grace Hospital in Morganton, North Carolina.

She was born September 3, 1934, in Old Fort, North Carolina to the late Luther and Lucy Logan. She was the eleventh of nineteen children. She graduated from Hudgins High School in Marion, North Carolina, she married Cecil Swepson and through that union, five sons were born. She was a devoted, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a great-great-grandmother.

She was a faithful member of the Mt. Zion AME Zion Church of Marion, North Carolina, where she served as a deaconess, a Class Leader, on the steward board, and president of the hospitality committee. She enjoyed reading, bowling, and word searches and had an avid passion for decorating.

She worked at Marion Manufacturer Co. in Marion, North Carolina for many years and retired from The Western Carolina Center in Morganton, North Carolina.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Swepson Sr.; five sons, Todd Swepson, Cecil Swepson Jr., Anthony Swepson, Jeffrey Swepson and Carl Bradford Swepson; one granddaughter, Haleigh Alyssia Swepson; four sisters, Ruby Boyce, Florine Hemphill, Lillie Mae Matthews and Louise Edmonds; and seven brothers, Joe Edward Logan, James C. Logan, Luther Logan Jr., Charlie Alphonzo Logan, Robert Logan, Harold Logan and Louie Logan.

Left to cherish her fond memory are two stepdaughters, Gloria Boyce (Larry) of Marion, North Carolina and Gail Williams of Marion, North Carolina; one daughter-in-law, Yola Swepson of Nebo, North Carolina; one sister, Coretha Logan Lytle of Old Fort, North Carolina; five sisters-n-law; seventeen grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, and nephews.

Service for Mrs. Swepson will be held Thursday, July 28, 2022, at Beam Funeral Service. The receiving of friends will be held from 12 to 1 p.m., with the funeral following at 1 p.m. The Rev. Mary H. Scott, pastor of Mt. Zion AME Zion church will be officiating.

In lieu of flowers, the family requested that memorials be made to Mt. Zion AME Zion Church, 75 Zion Rd., Marion, NC 28752.

Beam Funeral Services is assisting the Swepson family. For further information and/or to sign the guestbook, please visit www.beamfuneralservice.com, or call (828) 559-8111.