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Rena Swift

September 12, 1919 — November 29, 2020

A Graveside service for Rena Mae Buchanan Covington Swift, age 101 of Indian Mound, TN will be Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at 1:00PM at Greenwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 2, 2020, from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Sykes Funeral Home. Rena peacefully passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2020, at her home. She was born on September 12, 1919 in Clarksville, TN to John Erwin Herman and Nancy Ann Buchanan. She graduated from J.T. Thomas High School in Cumberland City. She was a member of Hopewell Methodist Church in Indian Mound, and retired after 26 years of service at Kroger. Rena enjoyed reading the newspaper and her Bible. She loved watching Andy Griffith and Gunsmoke, spending time with her family, and her cat Sugar.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husbands, George Covington, Jr. and Ralph Swift; son Donald George Covington; and grandsons, Robert Covington and James Covington. Rena is survived by her grandchildren, Renee Covington, Donna Ruth Thomason, Thomas Batson Covington, and William Keith Covington; great-grandchildren Nick Woodard, Ashleigh, Chris, Johnny, Heather, Charlyn, Elizabeth, Kaitlyn, and Drew Covington, and Ambrea Tuberville; great-great granddaughter, Ariella Wynter Covington-Sanchez and daughter-in-law Ruth Ann Daniels.

Pallbearers will be Justin Wenske, Mike Toombs, Jay Thomason, Jerry Buchanan, Charles Buchanan, and Deanna Coakley.

Please visit Rena's guestbook at www.sykesfuneralhome.com and share a memory with the family.

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Service Schedule

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Visitation

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

4:00 - 7:00 pm (Central time)

Sykes Funeral Home & Crematory

424 Franklin St, Clarksville, TN 37040

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Graveside Service

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Starts at 1:00 pm (Central time)

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