Emmy Swink

DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. -- Emmy Lynn Swink, 90, of Diamondhead passed away Monday, July 1, 2019, in New Orleans.

She was born in Long Beach, California, to the late Lora Adele McCord and George Dewey Tenkhoff.

She attended school in Cape Girardeau and had been a resident of Diamondhead since 1987. She was a member of Annunciation Catholic Church in Kiln, Mississippi, and was a former member of Diamondhead Women's Golf Association Nines, where she served as president and handicap chairwoman. She was also a member of several bridge and canasta groups.

Survivors include a daughter, Elizabeth Leigh (Joe) Potts; son, William Dewey Swink; three grandchildren, Brian Michael Brignac, Brandi Michelle Brignac and Tosha Adele Swink (Brad) Berthelot; great-granddaughter, Jordan Kauzlarich; great-grandsons, Briggs-Lucien Fuselier and Brox-Louis Brignac; and several nieces and nephews.

Emmy was preceded in death after 60 years of marriage by her husband, William Arthur Swink, and a brother, Alton Glaneer Tenkhoff.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. July 20 at Annunciation Catholic Church in Kiln, where friends may visit from 10 to 11 a.m. Interment will be at a later date at Biloxi National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to one's favorite charity, or Masses may be offered for the repose of her soul.

The Riemann Family Funeral Home in Pass Christian, Mississippi, is serving the family.

Online tributes may be offered at www.riemannfamily.com.