Noel Griffith (“Boots”) Swikert (65), entered the Kingdom of Heaven on Sunday, April 23, 2023. Boots was born on June 26, 1957, to Jerry Noel and Wyatt Kadrea Griffith in Houston, Texas. She was raised in Houston and graduated from Sharpstown High School in 1975 before attending Texas A&M University.
Boots married her husband, Milan Swikert, on October 16, 2004, after moving to Corpus Christi.
Boots had a long and varied career including, being a petroleum landman in both Houston and Corpus, running an Arabian horse farm, owner of Planted Earth Landscape in Angleton, a Corpus real estate agent and as a Ragdoll cat breeder. She was also an ordained Chaplin.
She had a beautiful singing voice and supported both the Art Museum and Symphony in Corpus. She was devoted to her family especially her kids and grandkids in the Woodlands, TX. Boots was the ultimate animal lover and surrounded herself with many dogs, cats, reptiles, birds and even a Bactrian camel.
She is survived by Milan Swikert (husband), Dan Griffith (brother), Rebecka Hayes (sister), Kevin Swikert (son), Jaclyn Morfin (daughter), and grandchildren, Alice, Isabel, Patrick, Theo, Mark, Luke, Trevor, William, and Cecelia.
A celebration of life for Noel will be held Saturday, May 20, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. at Funeraria Del Angel Everhart, 4901 Everhart Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78411.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.CageMillsFuneralDirectors.com for the Swikert family.
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