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  Ida Mae Goforth McSwain
  Birth Jul. 28, 1918 York County, South Carolina
  Death Mar. 3, 2002 Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
  
  Mrs. Ida Mae Goforth McSwain, 83, of Century Care of Gastonia Nursing Home, formerly of Clover, died Sunday, March 3, 2002, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
  
  Burial will be in Lakeview Memory Gardens in York.
  
  A native of York County, Mrs. McSwain was a daughter of the late John F. Goforth and Katie Sheppard Goforth. She was the widow of James William McSwain and was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church.
  
  Parents:
  John Fulton Goforth (1874 - 1957)
  Katie Jane Sheppard Goforth (1889 - 1961)
  Spouse James William McSwain (1912 - 1986)
  Siblings:
  John Preston Goforth (1907 - 1983)
  Tilmon Blease Goforth (1910 - 1971)
  Alsie Evelyn Goforth (1912 - 1923)
  Wilbur Greer Goforth (1915 - 1993)
  Annie Lee Goforth Dickson (1916 - 2005)
  Elmer Etters Goforth (1919 - 2013)
  
  Burial Lakeview Memory Gardens, Clover, York County, South Carolina
  
  Created by Elizabeth May 04, 2007
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #19215802, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19215802
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  Her North Carolina death record was available in tanscription only.
  
  North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004
  Ida Mae McSwain [Ida Mae Goforth]
  Widowed White Female
  Father's Last Name Goforth
  Age 83 Years, Birth 28 Jul 1918
  Residence Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina 28054
  Education 6th grade
  Death 3 Mar 2002 Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
  Autopsy Not Performed
  Burial out-of-state
  Recorded 15 Mar 2002
  
  Her obituary appeared inthe Gaston Gazette, Gastonia, North Carolina.
  
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  Ida Mae Goforth McSwain
  
  CLOVER, S.C.
  
  Ida Mae Goforth McSwain, 83, of Century Care of Gastonia, formerly of 1299 C.E. Stewart Road, Clover, died March 3, 2002, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.  She was a native of York County, S.C., daughter of the late John F. and Katie Sheppard Goforth.
  
  FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Tuesday, M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home
  INTERMENT: Lakeview Memory Gardens, York, S.C.
  VISITATION: One hour before the service, funeral home
  Mrs. McSwain was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church.
  
  SURVIVORS: Brother, Elmer E. Goforth, Gastonia; sisters, Annie Lee Dickson, Blacksburg, S.C., Elizabeth Greenleaf, Flanders, N.J., Nan Craft, Gastonia, Margaret Lane, Grover
  PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Husband, James William McSwain
  OFFICIATING CLERGY: Rev. Harold Beam
  
  MEMORIALS: Mountain View Baptist Church, 1560 Piedmont Road, Blacksburg, S.C. 29702
  --   The Gaston Gazette, "Ida Mae Goforth," 5 December 2003, http://search.ancestry.com/search/obit/view.aspx?db=web-obituary&kw=&pid=479425&url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll%3Fdb%3dweb-obituary%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d8908%26ftm%3d1%26gss%3dangs-i&ftm=1
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Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004
• 3. Obituary of Ida Mae Goforth McSwain, The Gaston Gazette, 5 December 2003
• 4. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 5. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014