Lena Joteal Swanner
April 6, 1927 – December 14, 2022
Lena Joteal Swanner passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at her residence in Jonesboro. She was 95 years old. Joteal was married to the love of her life, Joe W. Swanner for sixty-three years. She was a long-time member of Springhill Baptist Church. After graduating from Weston High School, she worked at the paper mill in Hodge. She and Joe later bought and ran the Crossroads Grocery at the intersection of Walker Road and Highway 505 for several years. Joteal loved working in her vegetable garden and she and Joe enjoyed raising cows on their farm. She loved to fish and she and Joe visited Toledo Bend often.
Survivors include her daughters, Barbara Swanner, Belinda Swanner; grandson, Joe Leavitt; great grandsons, Jack Leavitt, Duke Leavitt; and sister, Bonnie Lowe.
Those who preceded Joteal in death were her husband, Joe Webb Swanner; father, Allie Washington Holsomback; mother, Josie Carrenthe (Buchanan) Holsomback; and 9 brothers and sisters.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at Southern-Edmonds Funeral Home Chapel in Jonesboro from 1pm until 2 pm. A graveside service will follow at Springhill Baptist Cemetery on Walker Road at 2:15 pm.
Serving the family as pallbearers will be Scott Savage, David Savage, Daryl Savage, Larry Lowe, Ernie Truelove and Lyman Hall.
Barbara and Belinda wish to thank the sitters who helped take care of their mother. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the American Heart Association or the Kidney Foundation.
