Wallace Pascal 'Wally" Swedenburg, 77 of Columbus, MS passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, Columbus, MS.

Visitation will be Wednesday, December 20, 2017, from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS.  A funeral service will be Thursday, December 21, 2017, at 11:00 AM in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Billy Ferguson officiating and Bro. Don Cole assisting.  Interment will be in Mt Zion Cemetery, Columbus, MS with Lowndes Funeral Home directing.

Mr. Swedenburg was born January 17, 1940, to the late Nathan Pennington and Marguerite Shepard Swedenburg in Reform, AL.  He was a member of Columbus Church of Christ and a veteran of the Mississippi National Guard.  Mr. Swedenburg worked as a foreman at General Tire for 32 years and in 1978 began Swedenburg Christmas Tree Farm.  In addition to his parents, Mr. Swedenburg was preceded in death by an infant son – Wallace Pascal Swedenburg, Jr.

Mr. Swedenburg is survived by his wife – Carolyn Bland Swedenburg, Columbus, MS; son – Cliff (Charlene) Swedenburg, Columbus, MS; daughter – Leann (Randy) Davis, Chattanooga, TN; 7 grandchildren – Haleigh Davis, Hannah Claire Davis, Gracyn Davis, Mackenzie Swedenburg, Winston Swedenburg, Preston Swedenburg and Carlie Swedenburg; brother – Billy (Bess) Swedenburg; and brother-in-law- Billy Bland of Texas.

Pallbearers will be Clint Loudermilk, Ted Brazil, Andy Millstead, Roy Miller, Jay Street and Wade Ward.

Memorials may be made to Columbus Church of Christ, Food Pantry, 2401 7 ^th Street N., Columbus, MS 39705, Alzheimer's Association, Mississippi Chapter, 855 S. Pear Orchard Rd., Ridgeland, MS  39157 or Magnolia Messenger, P.O. Box 1578, Kosciusko, MS  39090.