Betty Lou Swisher

Betty Lou Lawson Swisher, age 89, passed away Sunday, November 7, 2021 at Kirksville Manor Care Center.

The daughter of Bernice and Wilma Lawson, Betty was born March 14, 1932 in Adair County, MO. On August 29, 1948 in Adair County, MO she was united in marriage to Eugene W. Swisher.

Surviving are her four sons, Kenneth Swisher and wife, Brenda of Blue Springs, MO, Dennis Swisher and wife, Connie of Kirksville, MO, Chris Swisher and wife, Edith of Columbia, MO and Todd Swisher and Husband, Simon of Lexington, KY; six grandchildren, Jennifer Swisher, Kenny Swisher, Brandon M. Swisher, Matthew Swisher, Courtney Swisher and Brittney Swisher; one great-granddaughter, Hailey Swisher and one great-grandson, Wesley Swisher and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Eugene Swisher, one daughter, Betty Jean Swisher; two grandchildren, Brandon L. and Heather Swisher; one brother, Dale Lawson, and one sister, Marilyn Potts.

Betty spent her entire life in Adair County, MO, attending school in a one-room schoolhouse near Shibley's Point. She was a member of the Novinger Baptist Church, NEMO Radio Amateur Club with call sign K0TSY, and Thousand Hills Campers and Hikers, and served as President of the Novinger School Board of Education.

Betty was a very active member of many genealogical organizations including First Families of Tennessee, the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars, Associated Daughters of Early American Witches, National Society of United States Daughters of 1812, Descendant of Colonial Tavern keepers, National Society Sons & Daughters of the Pilgrims, National Society of the Magna Charta Dames, The Plantagenet Society to name a few.  She was especially proud of her membership in The National Huguenot Society of America (Missouri State President) and National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. She became a member of Ann Haynes Chapter DAR on October 15, 1976. She was a very active member on both the chapter and state level and held many positions with the organization.

Betty was responsible for bringing many members into DAR and made several trips to Washington D.C. to perform research as a State Chairman Volunteer Genealogist. She proved, for herself, direct lineage to 18 Patriots of the Revolutionary War - more than any other Ann Haynes Chapter member has ever proved. What a wonderful example she was of service to her community and to her country. She held the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution's motto of "God, Home and Country" dear to her heart, and she upheld the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America and the American's Creed.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 12, 2021, at the Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home with Reverend Carrol Davenport officiating. Burial will be in the Veterans Garden of Honor at the Park View Memorial Gardens in Kirksville, MO at a later date.

Visitation with the family will be from 1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 12, 2021, until the time of the service at the Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home.

Arrangements in the care of Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home; www.davisplauylehudsonrimer.com.