LeVeta Swanner Obituary (1948 - 2025)

LeVeta Swanner, born July 9th, 1948, in the heart of Canton, Texas, was a beacon of love, compassion, empathy, and courage. As her mother, I have seen her transform from an inquisitive child into an indomitable woman who filled our family with warmth and happiness. She was a homemaker by profession, but her real occupation was spreading love and joy to everyone around her. "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" Martin Luther King Jr. once said, and LeVeta lived by this philosophy every day of her life. LeVeta was a woman of many passions. She loved to cook, creating delicious, hearty meals that brought the family together. She was an avid reader, her thirst for knowledge and stories unquenchable. Gardening was her bliss, her hands digging into the earth as she nurtured life in her garden, just as she nurtured us. Her love for these activities was only surpassed by her love for her family. To LeVeta, family was everything. She was the best grandma in the world, her eyes lighting up with joy whenever her grandchildren were around. LeVeta is survived by her grandchildren, John and Angelica McHenry, her sister Anita McHenry, her grandson Elijah McHenry, and her sister Glyna Bonancci. She was preceded in death by her father, Elton Coursey, her mother, Louise Coursey, her son, Tommy McHenry, her grandson, Michael McHenry, her brother, Don Coursey, and her sister, Judy Bradberry. Her family was her world, and she was theirs. LeVeta was the heart of our family, her love and compassion a guiding light. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart,” Helen Keller said, and LeVeta made us feel love in the deepest recesses of our hearts. As we remember LeVeta, let's honor her by sharing our memories and photos on her memorial page. Let's celebrate a life well-lived and a woman well-loved. LeVeta Swanner, a loving mother, a doting grandmother, a loyal sister, and a true friend, may have left us in body, but her spirit will live on in our hearts forever.