Mayme C. Swallows

LIVINGSTON- A graveside service and interment for Mrs. Mayme Catherine Verble Swallows, age 93 of Livingston, will be held Friday, September 2nd at 11:00 a.m. at Overton County Memorial Gardens. Tyler Gaw will officiate. Her family will receive friends Friday morning from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the cemetery. Mrs. Swallows died Monday evening August 29, 2022 at Life Care Center in Sparta. She was born March 23, 1929 in Putnam County, TN to the late Walter T. Verble and Elizabeth) Lizzie Stockton Verble. She was a graduate of Tennessee Tech University. She taught first grade in Overton County, at Rickman Elementary for three and years and at A.H. Roberts Elementarty for many years until her retirement. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, reading, basket weaving, ceramics and other crafts. She was a member of the Garden Club in Livingston. She is survived by a daughter, Ramona Swallows, of Hermitage, TN; a son, David and wife Lisa, of Cookeville; a grandson, Bryant Swallows and wife Stephanie; a granddaughter, Letha (Tyler) Gaw, all of Rickman; and by five great granddaughters, Elizabeth Gaw, Cora Swallows, Adaline Gaw, AnnaMae Gaw and Piper Swallows. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Dewitt Swallows; a sister, Willie Mary McAlpin; and brother-in-law, Clyde McAlpin. Her family wishes to extend a special Thank You to the staff and nurses and Life Care Center of Sparta for the excellent care given to their mother and grandmother in her last few days. Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers are asked to be made to Rickman Elementary School 631 Rickman Monterey Hwy, Rickman, TN 38580, Algood Cemetery, c/o Algood City Hall, 215 W Main St, Algood, TN 38506; Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, 331 Great Circle Road, Nashville TN 37228 and/or Ronald McDonald House Charities, 2144 Fairfax Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212. Hooper-Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (931)526-6111 Share memories and condolences at www.hhhfunerals.com.