Nancy Miriam “Mimi” Swaim, born on February 13, 1945, to Robert Lee Crouch and Miriam Elizabeth Gheesling Crouch, passed away peacefully on July 30, 2024 surrounded by her family after an extended illness. Growing up in Hogansville, Newnan, and Atlanta, Mimi graduated from Briarcliff High School. After high school she was attending Georgia State University, when she met the love of her life, James “Sonny” Swaim, a Georgia Tech football player. They married and spent 56 wonderful years together.
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After college, Mimi and Sonny moved to El Paso, Texas, where Sonny was stationed with the U.S. Army, forming many lifelong friendships. The couple eventually settled in Duluth, where Mimi dedicated herself to her family and community. She especially loved raising her family alongside the other mothers in Hermitage Plantation (AKA the Hermitage Hotties).
She was a member of the Duluth First United Methodist Church She was also involved in Girl Scouts, school sports activities, and neighborhood events. Mimi was an avid tennis player and golf duffer at the Atlanta Athletic Club where she was a member for 49 years. She owned and operated Gwinnett Greenery Company for 25 years, combining her love for plants and flowers with her business acumen. She had a particular disdain for plastic flowers, preferring only the beauty of the real thing.
Known for her humor, faith in God, creativity, leadership, generous spirit, sticking her finger in any potted plant she saw, quick wit, great cooking and love for others, Mimi was a devoted wife and mother to her whole family. Her zest for life was evident in her love of dressing up for laughs on Halloween or any other occasion she saw fit.
Mimi is survived by her husband, Sonny; her son, Terry (Heather) and their children, Samantha, Reilly, and Abigail; and her daughter, Courtney Trimble (Billy) and their children, Owen and Parker. She is also survived by her brother, Terry Crouch (Cheryl), her sisters Kay Wieder, Donna Jacobson (Mark), and many nieces and nephews all of which she dearly loved. She is preceded in death by her eldest son, Jay Driskell Swaim, and her parents. May Mimi’s spirit continue to guide us as we carry her memory in our hearts until we see her again.
Celebration of life services for Mimi was on August 5 at Duluth First United Methodist Church. Burial was privately at Duluth Cemetery.
If you wish to make a donation to make a donation in Mimi’s memory, go to https://www.gwinnettparksfoundation.org/ memo Mimi Swaim. Or you may want to remember her with a favorite plant or shrub or tree in your yard in her memory. (Wait until it cools down to plant it as Mimi would advise.)
Arrangements were entrusted to Crowell Brothers Funeral Homes and Crematory, 5051 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Peachtree Corners, Ga.
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