March 29, 2024, 68, Mount Olive —

Robert Anthony Swinson, 68, a resident of the Rones Chapel area near Mount Olive, passed away in the early morning of Good Friday, March 29, 2024.

Robert had been employed with Sonoco in Mount Olive, which is now Hylex Poly.  He began his career as a machine operator, in time becoming the environmental safety director on the national level for the company.

A graveside service will be Tuesday, April 2, at 4:00 p.m. in the Swinson Family Cemetery.  Dr. Michael Bass will be presiding.  The family will receive friends at the cemetery after the service, and at the residence at other times.

Robert is survived by his wife, Sandra Goodman Swinson, of the home; two daughters, Jessica Leigh Swinson with Rick Ferguson of Raleigh, and Brooke Swinson Holstein with husband, Christopher Holstein, of Orange Park, Fla.; four grandchildren, Cooper, Benjamin, Caroline, and Bridget Holstein, all of Orange Park; a brother, Dexter Swinson of Mount Olive; three sisters, Ramona S. Harrell, Clementine S. Waters, and Deloris S. Outlaw, all of Mount Olive; sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law, Regina G. Tucker of Mount Olive, Jerry L. and Genetta Goodman of Faison, and Lyndi G. Mitchell of Pikeville; and several nieces, nephews, and their families.

He now joins in death, his parents, William John Swinson and Ena Mae Sullivan Swinson; two brothers, Henry Nelson Swinson and William J. “Billy” Swinson, Jr.; brothers-in-law, Baron Harrell and Haran Nelson Waters; and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Milton Adron Goodman and Betty Goodman.

Flowers are welcome; however, those who wish to make a memorial donation may consider the Roberts-Swinson Endowment, University of Mount Olive, PO Box 90, Mount Olive, NC 28365, or the Leukemia Society