Shelby Swift

Monday, June 22, 2015

Shelby Swift, age 69, of Natchez, Mississippi, formerly of Blytheville, passed from this life on Saturday, June 20. 2015 at the Promise Hospital in Vidalia, Louisiana. Born to Hugh and Martha Mary Spriggs Hackworth in Heber Springs, Arkansas she was a homemaker, former cook and waitress at Pastime Pool Hall.

Shelby was a former member of North 10th Street Baptist Church and enjoyed cross stitch, playing bingo and reading.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Homer Swift, step-father Arthur Blackwood, and two brothers Billy Hackworth and Floyd Hackworth.

She is survived by four brothers, James Hackworth of Watson Chapel, Ark., Danny Hackworth of Cabot, Ark., David Blackwood of Crowville, La., and Allen Blackwood of Winstonville, Miss.; and

Three sisters, Mary Hollingshead of Sheridan, Ark., Nancy Givens of Natchez, Miss. and Julie Hollingshead of Whitehall, Ark.

Family will be receiving friends at 10:00am until the service at Cobb Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Funeral service will be held at 11:00am at Cobb Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Funeral services will be concluded at the funeral home.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.cobbfuneralhome.com.