Name at birth: | Ina Jane Jernigan |
Date of birth: | December 9, 1939 |
Place of birth: | Little Rock, Arkansas |
Date of death: | April 20, 2018 |
Place of death: | Charles Town, West Virginia |
Resting place: | Forest Hills Memorial Park Alexander, Arkansas |
Submitted by: | Schay Swope |
In Loving Memory
Ina Jane Jernigan Swope, aged 79, died on April 20, 2018 in Charles Town, WV.
She was born in Little Rock, AR and was the daughter of George Edgar Jernigan and Margaret Grey McCarty Jernigan. After graduating from high school, she attended and graduated from Williams Woods College.
She married Ernest Orland Swope, Jr. in Little Rock, AR. She later went on to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and graduated with a BA in Social Sciences.
She was a published writer and a mother to many that she considered to be her children and family. She was a member of St. Marks Episcopal Church. She was also past president of the Arkansas Arabian Horse Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband Ernest Orland Swope, Jr. and brother Charles Jernigan. She is survived by her son, Jeffrey Orland Swope and her daughter M. Schay Swope.