February 19, 1954 – August 31, 2024

Services for George Terry Swafford will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 7, 2024, in the Chapel of Hixson Brothers, Alexandria with eulogist, Michael Rabalais. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park.

The family requests visitation be held Friday, September 6, 2024, at Hixson Brothers, Alexandria from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until service time.

Mr. Swafford, 70, of Baton Rouge, passed from this life, on Saturday, August 31, 2024, at The Crossing at Clarity Hospice.

Mr. Swafford grew up in Alexandria and attended LSUA. He worked at Channel 5 as a videographer and production manager. He was married to Ann Blackburn for twenty years. From 1977 to 1982 he worked at Channel 6 in Beaumont, Texas in commercial production. In 1982 he moved to New York and worked for Woolworth making their commercials and opened his own production company, Terry Swafford Advertising and Design, back in Beaumont, where he did production for the United States Army, and AT&T. In 1996 he moved back to Alexandria and married Bobbie O’Quin and opened Terry Swafford Advertising and Design. He then accepted a position with WBRZ, Baton Rouge as a videographer where he advanced to editor and he also worked at Channel 33 and Synergy Production as a videographer and editor.

Mr. Swafford was an assistant scout leader with Troop #478 of the Boy Scouts and a member of the Order of the Arrow, and Emmaus.

He was preceded in death by his parents, George Alonzo and Hilda Hickman Swafford.

Those left to cherish his memory include his wife, Bobbie O’ Quin Swafford; son, William Wade Swafford, who was his greatest joy; and a host of other family members and friends.

Thanks to Dr. Barker, Dr. Weaver, Dr. Kuri, and staff, Dr. Ali Sombra and staff, Dr. Jeryl Breaux, Dr. Darla Burnette, and Baton Rouge Mid City Wound Care and Clarity, Ollie Steele Burden Manor Nursing Facility for the wonderful care he received.

Donations may be made to the Lewy Body Dementia Association, Inc. 912 Killian Hill Rd SW, Lilburn, GA 30047.