Karen McIntrye Swaim

Published 2:04 pm Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Karen McIntrye Swaim, age 64, of McKenzie, passed away April 28, 2025, in the Andalusia nursing facility.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 3, 11 a.m., at Keahey Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services. Elder Steve Tolbert and Elder Rex Tolbert will officiate. Interment will follow in the Welcome Cemetery on Hwy. 31.

Left to cherish her memory include: a son, Jamie Wiggins (Candi) of McKenzie; daughter, Tessa Wiggins (Jason Browder) of McKenzie; brother, Johnny McAbee (Juanita) of Evergreen; sister, LaFonda Cook of Red Level; sister-in-law, Barbara Jo McAbee; and grandchildren, Arizona Wiggins Johnson (Kegan), Jade Wiggins, Alyssa Wiggins, Dallas Gordon and Colton Wiggins.

She was preceded in death by a grandson, Jamie River Goodwin; brother, Frank McAbee; and her parents, James Asbury McIntyre and Mary Louise Tolbert.

For a number of years, she worked for her dad at Andalusia Lumber Company as a secretary and loved that position. In her later years, she enjoyed sewing, quilting, talking on the phone, deep sea fishing, going to the beach and sitting by the pool.