Jones Co., TX - Obituaries - Georgann Swaney Beggs

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Georgann Swaney Beggs
Georgann Swaney Beggs, 89, of Stamford, passed away on Thursday 
at the local hospital. Funeral services have been set for 2:00 p.m. 
Sunday at the Trinity Baptist Church with Harold Ludecke officiating. 
Burial will follow in the Highland Memorial Cemetery under the direction 
of Tankersley Funeral Home. 

Toni was born March 5, 1917 in Enid, Oklahoma to Commodore and 
Carrie Abbie Swaney. She grew up in Enid and attended and graduated 
from Enid High School. She attended Phillips University Art Department 
in Enid until the war was declared in 1941. She then went to 
Enid Business College, a refresher course studying shorthand and 
typing so as to go to work at the Enid Army Air Corps, where she 
worked in the warehouse office in the supply department. She met 
Kenneth Beggs and after he returned from the war, they married in 1945. 
They moved to Abilene in 1945 and Kenneth worked for Lemon Shepherd 
Wholesale Co. After 6 months in Abilene Kenneth was offered a chance 
to open up a branch office for Lemon Shepherd in Vernon, TX where they 
remained until 1963 when they moved to Stamford to build and manage a 
John Deere dealership. They owned and operated Beggs Implement where 
they worked hand in hand until KennethÕs death in 1985.Toni was a loving 
mother and grandmother. 

She is survived by 1 daughter, Caron Anne Cantu and husband Carlos of Stamford, 
2 grandsons, Wesley Shane Lindsey of Stamford and Matthew Cody Lindsey and 
wife Rebecca of Edmund, Oklahoma, 5 great grandchildren, Ashley, Branson, Chloe, 
Savannah and Colten Lindsey, and several nieces and nephews.


The Stamford American
Stamford, Jones County, Texas
June 29, 2006