“Leroy Swords, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Swords of Long Run, died at 1 AM Saturday in a hospital at Baltimore, Maryland, after a week’s illness of spinal meningitis.”
“The youth was employed at the shipyards at Baltimore, where he had gone recently. He was born January 17, 1923, at Portsmouth. He attended the Long Run grade schools and went to Clay High school for a year and a half.”
“Surviving are his parents and these brothers and sisters: Walter, Edward, William, Paul, Glenn, Eva, Mary Frances and Betty Lee, all at home. Two brothers and a sister, Carl, Howard and Clara Elizabeth, preceded him in death. He also leaves a grandmother, Mrs. Clara Howe of Dayton.”
“Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Wednesday at the Long Run United Brethren church, with Reverend JH Conkle officiating. Burial will be in Long Run.”1
The Headstone of Lee Roy Swords at Long Run United Brethren Church Cemetery
