Lynda Gail Mcswain

Following an extended illness, Lynda Gail McSwain of Atlanta, went home to be with her Lord on October 9, 2012. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. H. G. McSwain and Mrs. Gladys Hudson McSwain of Thomaston, and her sister, Mrs. Gerry McSwain Bartlett of Atlanta. A graduate of R. E. Lee High School in Thomaston and class valedictorian, Miss McSwain entered Piedmont Hospital Nursing School. She graduated from the Department of Nursing at Medical College of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science degree (BSN) in 1965. At the same time, she served as a member of faculty at Piedmont Hospital School of Nursing. Lynda Gail McSwain obtained her Masters Degree in nursing and teaching from New York University and joined the staff of the Georgia Department of Human Resources in 1966. Miss McSwain served two terms as President of the Georgia Nurses Association from 1985 through 1989. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Dianne Hutto of Bogart; nephews, Walter Bartlett or New Orleans, James Hutto of Winder, and Michael May of Atlanta, whom she loved as a son. She is survived also by a niece, Terri Askren of Monroe and several great nieces and nephews.