Thelma Dixon Sweat

Funeral services for Mrs. Thelma Dixon Sweat, age 79, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 24, 2024, at the Wrightsville Church of the Nazarene with interment to follow in Westview Cemetery. Rev. Stephen Robinson will officiate.

Mrs. Sweat was born December 1, 1944, in Wrightsville, Georgia. She was raised in Johnson County and was married to the late Herman "Humbug" Sweat for 55 years. They lived in Swainsboro for 24 years before moving back to Wrightsville. She retired from the Department of Corrections in Food Service. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, Piercie Dixon and Earline Davis Dixon Douglas, and her siblings, Arthur Dixon, Lanier Dixon, Earl Dixon, Annie Blount, Hilda Bray and Jane Mason. Mrs. Sweat passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at Fairview Park Hospital.

She is survived by her two sons, Todd Sweat (Margaret) and Brad Sweat of Wrightsville, a brother, Russell Dixon (Shirley) of Wrightsville, sister, Linda Douglas of Wrightsville, grandson, Tyler Sweat of Wrightsville, several nieces and nephews, and very special caregiver, Angela Stanley.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Friday, February 23, 2024, at Wrightsville Church of the Nazarene.

Pallbearers will be Cliff Dixon, Andy Dixon, Dwain Sweat, Donnie Sweat, Wain Sweat and Bruce Deal. Honorary pallbearers will be the Wrightsville Church of the Nazarene Sunday School Class.

Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory/Wrightsville Chapel has charge of funeral arrangements.