Frances Swaney Luther

Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Swaney Luther, 80, of Asheboro, died Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at Woodland Hills Care & Rehabilitation Center in Asheboro. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 pm Friday, December 3, 2010, at the Ridge Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jesse Clubb, the Rev. Derald Smith and the Rev. Jack Luther officiating. Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery. A native of Randolph County, NC, Mrs. Luther was born July 20, 1930, the daughter of the late Henry Taylor Swaney and the late Sarah Elizabeth Garren Swaney. She retired from Randolph Hospital and she was a member of Eleazer United Methodist Church. She enjoyed sewing, gardening and cooking. Mrs. Luther was preceded in death by her son, Jeffrey Luther and her brother, Charles Swaney. Surviving are her husband, Howard Leslie Luther, of Asheboro; sisters, Gladys Hinshaw and husband, Paul, Bobbie Tysinger and husband, Kenneth, Doris Gordon and husband, Jaffie, all of Asheboro; brothers, Dock Swaney, of Asheboro, Jack Swaney and wife, Irene, of Sophia, Arthur Swaney and wife, Hilda, Ted Swaney and wife, Louise, Donald Swaney and wife, Bonnie, all of Asheboro; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at Ridge Funeral Home from 6:00 until 8:00 pm on Thursday, December 2, 2010. Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.