Elizabeth McVay Sweatt

A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held on Friday, December 30, 2016 at 3:00 PM in Edgewood Hall of Striffler-Hamby, Columbus, Georgia. Family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in Parkhill Cemetery.

Elizabeth McVay Sweatt was born on January 16, 1931 in Troy, Alabama to the late Roy McVay and Marie Cox McVay. She was married to the late John Walter Sweatt for 61 years when he passed in 2009. She worked with Burnham Services from 1967 until her retirement. Mrs. Sweatt loved her family, loved to travel, and growing African Violets.

She leaves her legacy to her three daughters, Connie Reese, Sharron Caudill (Rick), and Susan Burns; her sister, Pat McCain (Ray); her brother, James “Mackie” McVay; her seven grandchildren: Jonathan “Scott” Riddle (Pam), Lorrie Greer, Lindsay Reese Smith (Charles), Jason Landis Caudill (Cherie), Kristen Elizabeth Thoennes (Ben), Jennifer Burns Earnest (Mike), and Stephen Daniel “Danny” Burns (Tiffany); eleven great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.