Joshua Matthew Sweitzer

SWEITZER THOMASVILLE - Mr. Joshua Matthew Sweitzer, 21, a resident of 113 Parkdale Drive, Thomas-ville, died Thursday morning, Nov. 1, 2007, at High Point Regional Hospital. He was born March 24, 1986, in Davidson County, a son of Michael David Sweitzer and Phoebe Williams Sweitzer. He was a 2004 graduate of Thomasville High School and a 2007 graduate of Davidson County Community College, earning a degree in criminal justice. He was looking forward to a career in law enforcement. He was the former loss prevention officer with Belk Inc. of Oak Hollow Mall and was temporarily assisting his uncle at the Lucky Mart of High Point. He was of the Baptist faith and attended Green Street Baptist Church. Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Phoebe and David Shepherd of Kernersville; his father and stepmother, Michael and Jamie Sweitzer of Thomasville; sisters Jennifer Mangum and husband Darrell and Priscilla Sweitzer, both of Thomasville, and Lauren Shepherd of Kernersville; a brother, Nicholas Sweitzer of Thomasville; maternal grandfather Ray Williams of Lexington; paternal grandparents David Sweitzer of Maryfield, Tenn., and Christine Colloms and husband Larry of Cleveland, Tenn.; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins, including a special cousin, Andrew Sweitzer of Cleveland, Tenn.; and a niece, Ashley Mangum. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at Southgate Baptist Church, with the Rev. Chuck Garner, the Rev. Frank Hoover and the Rev. Billy Myers officiating. Burial will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Nick Sweitzer, Adam Oakley, Andrew Oakley, Kevin Cox, Andrew Sweitzer and Jeffrey Strickland. Joshua will remain at J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home until the service hour. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Joshua Sweitzer Scholarship Fund, c/o Davidson County Community College (DCCC) Foundation, P.O. Box 1287, Lexington, NC 27293. Online condolences may be made to the Sweitzer family at www.jcgreenandsons.com.