DALE EDWARD SWANNER

Dale Edward Swanner, age 62, of Iron City, GA passed away Tuesday afternoon, March 2, 2022 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Swanner will be held on Friday, March 4, 2022 at 2:00 PM at New Hope Worship Assembly with Pastor Tim Bell officiating. Interment will follow in Corinth Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery with members of the Georgia State Patrol Honor Guard serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be members of all law enforcement agencies. Visitation will be held on Thursday evening, March 3, 2022 from 6:00-8:00 PM at the Chapel of Evans-Skipper Funeral Home. Mr. Swanner was born in Donalsonville, GA on April 3, 1959 to Edward Colon Swanner and Barbara Moulton Swanner. He was a graduate of Seminole County High School. Mr. Swanner started working in law enforcement in the 70’s, went to the Police Academy in Albany, GA in 1978 and worked with the Donalsonville Police Department until 1986 when he resigned and went to work with the Seminole County Sheriff's Office as a road deputy. He eventually worked his way up to Investigations, then as Chief Investigator and upon his passing his title was Chief Deputy. He served as Sheriff of Seminole County from 2008-2009. He was an instructor since 2012 and taught many in-service training courses for the surrounding counties, including the use of the taser (certification and recertification). Chief Deputy Swanner was a mentor to many at the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife of 30 years, Pam Hall Swanner; his children, Paige Brookins (Bob), Christy Spooner, Jamie Ingram (Lee), and Jeffrey Swanner (Mindy Powell); his grandchildren, Cody Spooner, Katie and Thomas Brookins, Devin and Addie Hamilton, Gunner and Maeson Powell, and Bryson Chance. Mr. Swanner was preceded in death by his mother, Barbara Moulton Swanner Skillen; his father, Edward Colon Swanner; his mother-in-law, Jean Hall; his father-in-law, Edward Hall; his grandparents, James Colon and Deliah G. Swanner.