Obituaries

Thomas Cristol Swaringen died in Lubbock, Texas, on February 20, 2021, at the age of 87. Cristol was born on September 5, 1933, to Claude and Faye Spears Swaringen. Cristol married his high school sweetheart, Maude Elizabeth Edwards, on June 22, 1951 in Dickens, Texas. They had two children. Cristol was a farmer his whole life, even driving a tractor two weeks ago. He was a member of Dickens Baptist Church and a deacon for over 40 years.

Amanda Carol Birdwell Hodges was born on May 10, 1983 to Clay and Martha Birdwell in Lubbock, Texas. She passed on Saturday, February 6, 2021, after a month-long battle with Covid-19. She was 37 years old and will be forever remembered as a loving mother, wife, sister, daughter and friend.

Mac Farrel Driggers, 88, loving husband and father, stepped out of this life and into eternal life with Jesus on Monday, February 1, 2021.

LUBBOCK—Peggy L. Gibson, 85, of Lubbock passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021, in Lubbock, Texas, surrounded by her family. She was born on April 2, 1935, in Spur, Texas, where she was raised, and graduated from Spur High School in 1953. She married Richard “Dick” Anderson Gibson, Jr. on September 7, 1953, in Spur, and they moved to Lubbock in 1955.