Sherri Renee O’Pry Swearingen, 37, of Baytown died Saturday, March 17, 2007 at her residence surrounded by her family and loved ones after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Sherri was born March 16, 1970 to Joseph C. and Loretta Fay (Budrow) O’Pry in Beaumont, Texas. She graduated from Hamshire-Fannett High School in 1988 and lived in the Beaumont area most of her life before moving to Baytown five years ago. Sherri was a homemaker and a very loving wife and mother. She will certainly be missed by all who knew her.
Sherri was preceded in death by her father, Joseph C. O’Pry; her half-brother, Stanley Burks; and her father-in-law, James Swearingen. She is survived by her husband, Tim Swearingen of Baytown; her son, Peyton Timothy Swearingen of Baytown; her mother, Fay Martel and her husband Virgil of Nome; her sister, Kerri Hebert of Lumberton; and her mother-in-law, Mary Ann Swearingen of Kountze.
A Service of Celebration for Sherri will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at Broussard’s, , 530 W. Monroe, Kountze with Reverend Roger Clifford and Reverend Tony Thornton officiating followed by burial at Hooks Cemetery in Kountze. A gathering of family and friends will be Tuesday, March 20, 2007 from 5:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. at the mortuary.
The family has requested memorial contributions be made in Sherri’s memory to American Cancer Society, Hardin County Unit, P. O. Box 5144, Beaumont, Texas 77701 or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105-1942.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to Odyssey Hospice of Baytown for all of your care and concern during Sherri’s illness. Also to her mother, Fay and her mother-in-law, Mary who were her constant caregivers.
