HOBOKEN Mrs. Nellie Thomas Swain, 79, died Tuesday night, June 17, 2025, at her residence in Hoboken after an extended illness.
She was born July 29, 1945 in Leachville, Ark., to the late Lewis Frank Thomas and Mattie Victoria Copeland Thomas. Mrs. Swain was formerly employed as a pharmacy tech for Browning’s Pharmacy, Medicine Shoppe, and Walgreen’s, and she was a member of Pebble Hill Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, David Edgar Swain; and three brothers, Herman Lee Stacy, Virgil Leroy Thomas, and Thomas Leo White.
Survivors include two sons, David M. Swain, of Hoboken, and Jimmy L. Swain, of Blackshear; grandchildren, Erika Nicole Swain, Kimbrell (J.C.), and Christopher Stephen Swain (Violet); brother, Theodore Frank Thomas; two sisters, Lydia Thrift (Ronnie) and Leah Albritton; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral service was held Monday, June 23 at the Music Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Sympathy may be expressed by posting to her tribute wall at www.niusicfuner alhome. com.
Music Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
