SWIFT, Reverend Donald Mark

1940 - 2004  (63 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	SWIFT, Donald Mark
  Prefix	Reverend
  Birth	13 Sep 1940	Columbia, Caldwell, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  _TAG	FS 110 year rule
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Burial	Jul 2004
  Death	21 Jul 2004
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  Person ID	I40441	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	SWIFT, Reverend Reed Andrew Van ,   b. 17 Jul 1899, Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvaniad. 2 Oct 1973, Pomona, Los Angelas, California, United States (Age 74 years)
  Mother	HOWISON, Ruth Amelia ,   b. 13 May 1910, Peck, Sanilac, Michigan, United States Peck, Sanilac, Michigan, United Statesd. 14 Nov 1996, Pomona, Los Angelas, California, United States (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1929	Ripley, Chautauqua, New York
  Family ID	F1235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	4 sons and 3 daughters
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  Family ID	F20802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  CHATTANOOGA: On the day before what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 75th birthday, the Rev. Donald Swift stood to lead a commemorative service at Grace Church, Chattanooga. He said he felt some of the same feelings of frustration and confusion that he'd experienced as a teenager in 1968 when the civil rights leader was shot and killed. "Despite all the social changes that have been made to end poverty, social injustice and discrimination, our hearts are where those changes actually must take place, where we begin to make a difference," said Swift, who is pastor of Stanley United Methodist Church in Chattanooga. "If we're failing to rid ourselves of the evil of poverty and hunger, inadequate training and joblessness, then our hearts are still not in the right place." Swift made his sermon remarks at a multi-congregational service on January 14 to honor King's memory and accomplishments. Also participating in the service were the Rev. James Moss, pastor of Westside Baptist Church; the Rev. Paul McDaniel, pastor of Second Missionary Baptist Church; and Grace Episcopal's rector the Rev. Gene Smitherman, who welcomed the Wednesday-night gathering of nearly 100 people. Grace hosts the event each year, and Jane Pickering served as this year's coordinator for the service. Dinner preceded the event. Swift said he believed that if King were alive today, "He would have to conclude that we had regressed. ... There is a tendency for those on top to look down on the valley of people below, so that these people can be ruled by the ones above. But we are on this upward climb together. ... We're tired, but we can never stop, we must never stop what we've started." From: The East Tennessee Episcopalian - January / February 2004