Carolyn STAFFORD

1925 - 2016  (90 years)

• Name	Carolyn STAFFORD
  Nickname	Carrie
  Born	18 Oct 1925	Wayne, Wayne Co., West Virginia
  Gender	Female
  _UID	E5A9F090049F8F40B0D17D77A829DD15B8E4
  Died	4 Jun 2016
  Buried	Lewis Co., Memory Gardens, Vanceburg, Lewis Co., Kentucky
  Person ID	I55108	Branch 019 John Miles Stafford 1782 VA
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	John STAFFORD, Jr.,   b. 18 Oct 1887, Elliott Co., Kentucky ,   d. 22 Jan 1973, Elliott Co., Kentucky  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Maude Ann MIDDLETON,   b. 3 May 1887, Rowan Co., Kentucky ,   d. 22 Apr 1971, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Elliott Co., Kentucky
  Census	1920	Union, Wayne Co., West Virginia
  Census	1930	Union, Wayne Co., West Virginia
  Census	1940	Elliott Co., Kentucky
  Notes	Census: 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Johnie Stafford Age: 28 Birth Year: abt 1892 Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1920: Union, Wayne, West Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Maude Stafford Father's Birthplace: Kentucky Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Johnie Stafford 28 Maude Stafford 30 Earnest Stafford 8 Martha Stafford 6 Lizzie Stafford 4 Charley Stafford 0 [9/12]  1930 United States Federal Census Name: John Stafford [John Staffad]  Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1894 Birthplace: West Virginia Race: White Home in 1930: Union, Wayne, West Virginia Map of Home: Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Maud Stafford Father's Birthplace: West Virginia Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia Household Members: Name Age John Stafford 36 Maud Stafford 40 Earnest Stafford 18 Martha Stafford 16 Elizabeth Stafford 14 Charley Stafford 10 Dollie Stafford 8 John H Stafford 6 Carry Stafford 2 [2 1/12]  James L Stafford 1 [1 1/12]  1940 United States Federal Census Name: John Stafford Respondent: Yes Age: 50 Estimated birth year: abt 1890 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Kentucky Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Elliott, Kentucky Map of Home in 1940: Street: Newfoundland Road Farm: Yes Inferred Residence in 1935: Elliott, Kentucky Residence in 1935: Same Place Resident on farm in 1935: Yes Sheet Number: 10B Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 153 Occupation: Farmer House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 75 Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 4th grade Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 60 Class of Worker: Working on own account Weeks Worked in 1939: 46 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: Yes Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age John Stafford 50 Maud Stafford 53 Charlie Stafford 20 Dollie Stafford 18 John H Stafford 16 Carrie Stafford 14 Lee Stafford 12
  Family ID	F19707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jack Lucas SWEARINGIN
  Married	1962
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F19787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  CAROLYN STAFFORD SWEARINGEN, born October 18, 1925 in Wayne, West Virginia. Went home to be with the Lord, June 4, 2016. She was the daughter of the late John and Maude Middleton Stafford. She grew up in Sandy Hook, Kentucky and moved to Lewis County in March 1951. Here is where she met the love of her life, Jack Lucas Swearingen March 1954 and they were married March 24, 1962. She retired from US Shoe Factory in Vanceburg, Kentucky. She gave birth to one daughter, Melanie Dawn Swearingen Polley December 20, 1967, who she devoted her life to. She loved being outside working in the garden and her flowers. She loved cooking, canning and sewing. She was a member of the Clarksburg Christian Church and loved her church family. She was preceded in death beside her parents are 3 brothers, Ernest Stafford, Charles Stafford and John Stafford; 3 sisters, Martha Blankenship, Elizabeth McCoy and Dollie McCreer; sister-in-law, Bessie Stafford, Mary, Janie and Debbie Swearingen; brothers-in-law Brick, Dudley Creighton, Tom Swearingen and Vernon Cooper. She is survived by her loving husband of 54 years, Jack Lucas Swearingen; daughter, Melanie Dawn (Russell) Polley; brother, James Lee Stafford; one adopted grandson, Christopher David (Ashley) Burns; sister's-in-Law, Carrie(Melvin) Smoot, Gypsy Cooper, Jessie Lykins and brothers in-law, Bruce and Archie Swearingen. Visitation will be held Tuesday June 7, 2016 from 5-8 p.m. at the Gaydos Funeral Home in Vanceburg, Kentucky and from 8:00 a.m. until the time of services Wednesday at the funeral home. The funeral will be Wednesday June 8, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at the Gaydos Funeral Home with Brother Rob Ford officiating, burial will follow at Lewis County Memory Gardens in Black Oak. Serving as pallbearers will be, Paul Swearingen, Chuck Swearingen, Tony Swearingen, David Burns, Perry Polley and Matt Polley.