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Submitted: 8/24/08 • Approved: 7/17/21 • Last Updated: 12/18/21 • R47222-G47222-S3
Johnnie 08 Nov 1915 - 06 Mar 2000
Opal 21 Oct 1907 - 15 Feb 1975
Marriage: 11 Oct 1947
Opal
1) Leonard Clarence Lawrence Smithville, Lawrence County, Arkansas*
2) Johnnie Alvin "Babe" Swetnam 11 Oct 1947
Johnnie Alvin "Babe" Swetnam son of Oscar B Swetnam and Mary Belle Swetnam. Opal Irene (Watts) Lawrence Swetnam daughter of Bernonia "Bud" Watts and Ethel Essie (Graves) Watts
*Watts, Opal - Lawrence, Leonard 25 Sept 1926 Book V pg 58 Lawrence County, Arkansas Marriage Index
**obituary/death notice
Mrs. Opal Swetnam
Gazette State News Service
Walnut Ridge-Mrs. Opal Irene Swetnam, aged 67, of Ravenden (Lawrence County) died Saturday.
She was a member of the Church of Christ. She was born in Opposition Community.
Survivors include her husband, Babe Alvin Swetnam; two sons, Corbett Lawrence of Ravenden and Rickey Lawrence of Illinois; four sisters, Mrs. Bessie Lawrence of Hardy, Mrs. Florence Offerman of Ravenden, Mrs. Marvin Turnbow of Illinois and Mrs. Martha Hughes of Jonesboro, 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral was Tuesday by Higginbotham Funeral Service.
Swetnam, Opal Irene (Watts) Lawrence Opp Cem-Arkansas_Gazette_1975-02-19_35
Contributed on 8/24/08 by denise.bratcher63
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