Ethel Estelle Sweat's Obituary
Ethel Estelle Sweat, 82, of DeRidder, LA, passed from this life on Monday, November 30, 2020 in Vidor, Texas. Ethel, the daughter of Marshall Elias Swain and Sarah Elmeda Huggins Swain was born on June 26, 1938, in Vernon Parish, Louisiana.
Visitation will begin Thursday, December 3, 2020, from 10:00 AM until Funeral Service begins 12:00 Noon, at Turning Point Christian Academy, 1808 Dogwood Trail, DeRidder, LA with Rev. Dan Booth officiating. Interment will follow at Rosepine Cemetery, Rosepine, LA.
Ethel, always kind and gracious, was a gentle woman of great faith, full of light and overflowing joy. Her loving husband, children, and grandchildren always came first and the wellsprings of love and goodness never ran dry. That love flowed beyond her inner circle to reach the lonely and those in need, whether friend or stranger. Her children and grandchildren rise up and call her blessed.
Left to cherish her memory are her daughter Ronda Kay Garris and husband Michael of Vidor, TX; son Del Sweat and wife Cyndi of DeRidder, LA; brother Donald Ray Swain and wife Betty of Pitkin, LA; sisters Donna Jean West of Pitkin, LA, Carolyn Thompson of Kinder, LA; grandchildren Brandon Garris and wife Katie, Shanna Pickering and husband Jody, Melissa Garris, Shelly Garris, Chais Sweat and wife Delaina, Chance Sweat and wife Lisa; and five great grandchildren Averie Kate Garris, Blaine Truman Garris, Honoré Lavonne Sweat, Evangeline Marie Sweat and Christian Everett Sweat.
Preceded in death by her husband of 60 years Ronald Truman Sweat.
Those honored to serve as pallbearer are Jeff West, Leonard Thompson, Casey Sweat, Garrett LaVergne, Jason LaVergne II, and Hayden LaVergne.
Those honored to serve as pallbearer are Jeff West, Leonard Thompson, Casey Sweat, Garrett LaVergne, Jason LaVergne II, and Hayden LaVergne.
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