Mr. Johnnie Lee Swain's Obituary
Kenansville -The Staff and Management of Serenity Memorial Funeral Home do offer our sincere condolence as we join with the Swain and connected families to announce the earthly departure of Mr. Johnnie Lee Swain, 69. Mr. Swain passed away the Vidant Duplin Hospital in Kenansville, NC
"AND GOD SAID, LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS:"
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JOHNNIE LEE SWAIN WAS BORN TO THE LATE JOHNNIE AND MINNIE DUDLEY SWAIN ON MARCH 18, 1952, IN LENIOR COUNTY. ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2021, HE CROSSED OVER FROM LABOR TO REWARD AT VIDANT DUPLIN HOSPITAL. JOHNNIE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN BY HIS FAMILY AS "LITTLE BUDDY" AND HIS BEST FRIEND AS "DISCO", BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC. SOME OF HIS HOBBIES INCLUDED: VIDEO RECORDING, PHOTGRAPHY, AND TAKING PICTURES. WHENAGREEING WITH YOU, HIS FAVORITE RESPONSES WERE (SOLID) AND RIGHT-0N. HIS LIFETIME BEST FRIEND WAS CLEMETH GARDENER (CG).
JOHNNIE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT FRINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATING WITH THE CLASS OF 1970. HE RECEIVED HIS ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN RADIO BROADCASTING FROM LENIOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT HOWELLS CHILD-CARE CENTER, MOUNT OLIVE PICKLE COMPANY AND BUTTERBALL FOR MANY YEARS.
JOHNNIE GREW UP IN TAYLOR'S CHAPEL FWB CHURCH OF LAGRANGE, NC. AND WOULD LATER JOIN HIS WIFE AT HOLY GHOST CATHEDRAL CHURCH, MOUNT OLIVE, NC. JOHNNIE WAS A JACK OF ALL TRADES, HE LOVED SMALL SCALE MODELING, CONSTRUCTION, COOKING, CLEANING, SINGING AND DANCING. HE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, AND ONE SISTER JANICE SWAIN.
HE LEAVES LEGACY OF LOVE TO HIS LOVING WIFE SATINA STEWART SWAIN OF 26 YEARS, THREE CHILDREN: DEMETRIUS JAMAAL (JAYDE), JOHNNIE SWAIN JR. AND HIS SPECIAL FRIEND NATASHA, AND HIS FOSTER DAUGHTER NAKITA (JAMES) WINDERS OF SALISBURY, MARYLAND. SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN; ZAYDEN, TYSON, KAMRYN, LOGYN, GABRIEL, ALEXIS, AND JOSIAH. ONE SISTER MARY BENNETT (GRACON) OF DURHAM, NC, TWO BROTHERS; SIMON (SUZANNE) SWAIN, GREENVILLE, NC., RICHARD (SANDRA) SWAIN OF COLUMBUS OHIO, AN AUNT ARTELIA TYRANCE OF JACKSONVILLE, NC. EIGHT SISTER-IN-LAWS AND SIX-BROTHER-LAWS; BERNICE DAVIS, KINSTON, NC., FADIYAH SHABAZZ (FASAHA) OF CHICAGO ILLNOIS, JEWEL KORNEGAY (DONALD RAY) MT. OLIVE, NC., SHIRLEY JONES OF MT. OLIVE, NC., REBECCA BREWINGTON (DONEAL) OF MT. OLIVE, NC., CHENITA ANDERSON (OZELL) CHESTER, VA., ANDRA BURTON (DENNIS) OF WILLARD, NC. AND ORVILLE (JUDY) JONES OF FAISON, NC.
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