Thad Mathew MCSWAIN Living MCSWAIN Living MCSWAIN Wanda Jean HAMPTON Mildred Juanita ROWLAND Mini tree diagram
James Thad MCSWAIN

James Thad MCSWAIN2,3,4,4,5,6,3,3,3,7,1

9th Sep 19401 - 5th Dec 2018

Life History

9th Sep 1940

Born in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.1

2007

Resident in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee.2,3

5th Dec 2018

Died in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee

Other facts

 

Married Wanda Jean HAMPTON

 

Birth of son Living MCSWAIN

 

Birth of daughter Living MCSWAIN

Notes

  • New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967
    McSwain Thad
    New York Immigration 1958
    Birth DeWitt, Arkansas 1940
    US Immigration Admitted NewYork, NY 12 July 1958
    Boarded at Rhine [sic] Main [Rhein Main Airbase]

    "He worked for his dad in the aluminum products business for many years and eventually bought it from him.  He eventually went to work as a designer for Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, first in Texarkana, then in Jackson, Tennessee.  He did things like designing launch rocket launch platforms for helicopter gun ships.  He was writing software for a local utility company when computers were new.  Both Jimmie and his wife are both in poor health and have many issues now, both needing assisted living.  They had one son, Jimmy who lives in Arkansas I believe, and the last I remember worked for the forest service."
    --  Kenneth Wirt McSwain, Facebook messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 16 June 2017

    "Like his dad, Thad the inventor, Jimmie had a fertile and creative mind.  In his later working years he worked for Lone Star Army Ammunition plant in Texarkana, then in Tennessee.  He was a design engineer and did such things as design missile launch pads for helicopters."
    --  Kenneth Wirt McSwain, Facebook, 8 December 2018

    Jim's cousin Kenneth McSwain says he and Jimmie roomed together in college.  Jim lived in Europe as a young person, when his stepfather was in the military.

    "I spent a good deal of time with them as a young teenager, and Jimmie and I roomed together in college.  His mother Juanita married a military man so Jimmie lived in Europe with them during my childhood years.  Jimmie was born in 1940. ... I know Jimmie traveled all over Europe as a youngster.  I built a 3D puzzle of Il Duomo, that masterpiece with the huge dome that an architect finally figured out how to span. in Florence, Italy and Jimmie said he had seen it in person. ... Jimmie was the offspring of Uncle Thad.  Shirley was the offspring of Mildred.  The other 2 girls, Sue, and Terrie, were full sisters."
    --  Kenneth Wirt McSwain, Thad's cousin, Facebook messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 16 June 2017

    Jim's son's entry in a college yearbook gives us both their middle names.  The son was listed in the yearbook index as James Thad McSwain Jr.

    U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012
    James Thad McSwain Jr
    Birth Year abt 1964
    1984 Star Yearbook, listed in Index
    Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas

    U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
    James Thad McSwain Sr [McSwain Jim]
    RR 2 POB 459, Camden, AR, 71701
    1025 Woodlawn St, Camden, AR, 71701-6424 (1989)
    171 Cheyenne Dr, Jackson, TN, 38305-3416 (1993)

    U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
    Jim McSwain
    1025 Woodlawn St Camden, Arkansas 71701-6424
    Phone Number 501-231-6030
    Residence Years 1993 1994 1995

    At the time of the death of his father Thad in March 2007, Jim and his family were living in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee.

    "Thad Mathew McSwain died March 21 [2007]... Survivors include a son, Jim McSwain and his wife, Wanda, of Jackson, TN; three daughters, Sue Windham and her husband, Odie, of McKinney, TX, Shirley Trahan and her husband, Tommy of Jacksonville, and Terrye Richter and her husband Rudy, of Maryville, TN.; ... Jimmy McSwain and his wife, Shari, of Bismark,"
    --  DeWitt Era-Enterprise, Obituary of Thad Mathew McSwain, 28 March 2007, no longer online, originally accessed 17 May 2007

    U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
    Jim McSwain
    Spouse Wanda
    Residence 1993-2002 Jackson, Tennessee 38305-3416

    His cousin George McSwain remembered that Jimmie was in an automobile "wreck in Stuttgart back when he was growing up where the car he was in got caught on the railroad tracks on Main Street in Stuttgart between two trains that were going in opposite directions on adjacent tracks and got crushed into a small 'ball' of metal that he was trapped in?  As I recall, the rescuers had to cut him out of the car and that he had several serious injuries, including a crushed lung and several broken bones."
    --  George McSwain, Facebook post on Ken McSwain's post of Jim's obituary, 8 December 2018

    Ken responded to George's comment about the car accident:
    "That was him.  Byrdie and I used to drive from LR to Stuttgart to visit him in the hospital.  He was in the hospital for a long time recovering.  He got a little 4 cylinder new Pontiac from it, which he drove to college.  We had lots of good times together."
    --  Kenneth Wirt McSwain, Facebook, 8 December 2018

    A friend from past years also rememebred the accident and times with Jimmie.

    "He was older than but I remember him.  He really resembled his dad.  I was close to Sue.  Wish we could get in contact.  Years separate us and that’s so sad.  The thing I remember about Jim is the train accident."
    --  Linda Hall, Facebook post on Ken McSwain's post of Jim's obituary, 8 December 2018

    I received a message from Byrdie McSwain about Jim on 1 November 2018:

    "I am at Jim McSwain's home in Jackson, TN.  Joyce McSwain came with me.  Jim has been bed-ridden and [has been] expected to meet his maker for several months.  I got a call at home that we needed to come on over here because they thought he about to go.  Got here yesterday, and he is bad, but has rallied a bit."
    --  Byrdie McSwain, message to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 1 November 2018

    Jim recovered somewhat from his condition, but succumbed a month later.  We received the news through Facebook from his cousin Byrdie McSwain on 12 December 2018.  His short obituary was posted by the funeral home in Jackson, Tennessee.

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    James Thad McSwain
    September 9, 1940 ~ December 5, 2018 (age 78)

    Obituary

    Mr. James Thad McSwain, age 78, of Jackson, passed away on December 5, 2018 at his residence.

    He was born on September 9, 1940 in Dewitt, Arkansas to the late Thad McSwain and Mildred Junaita Rowland McSwain.

    In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by Garret Turner.

    Survivors include his loving wife of 56 years, Wanda Hampton McSwain; daughter,Beverley Ann Whalen (Jim); son, James McSwain, Jr. (Anesha); Sue Wyndam; Shirley McSwain; Terrye McSwain; Dick Hubbard; Paula Schmickrater; Ray Hubbard; Lane Hubbard; and a special caregiver, Mashandal Reeves.

    Other survivors include four grandchildren, Taylor McSwain, Cole McSwain, Heather Turner, and Tonya Harris; and one great grandchild.

    --  Medina Funeral Home, https://www.medinafuneralhome.com/notices/James-McSwain
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