Mrs. Shirley Dixon Sweatt

February 1, 1936 - February 18, 2020

Funeral services for Shirley Defaris Dixon Sweatt, 84, wife of the late Thomas "Jack" Sweatt, Sr., will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, February 21, 2020, at Middendorf Baptist Church. Rev. Beau Boyle will officiate with burial in Sweatt Family Cemetery, 361 Country Lane, McBee, SC. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is caring for the family. Mrs. Sweatt passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. Born in Darlington County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jasper Belk Dixon and Vena Johnson Dixon Catoe and step-father, the late Gus S. Catoe. She is survived by her daughter, Dianne (Frank) Plyler of McBee SC; her son, Thomas (Tommy) Sweatt, Jr. of McBee.SC; granddaughter, Nicole (Scott) Fisk of Holly Hill, SC; great-grandchildren, Arina Fisk and Jack Fisk of Holly Hill, SC; sisters, Jean Jordan, of Cayce, SC, Shirley Sullivan of Hartsville SC, Judy Branch of Fleming Island, FL, Rebecca (Harold) Snipes of Middendorf, SC; brothers, Richard Catoe, Randy (Dianne) Catoe, Amos (Amanda) Catoe, John (Lynn Gardner) Catoe, and sister-in-law, Delores Catoe all of Middendorf, SC; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Janet Pickrell, Hilda Ann Catoe, Deborah Gail Catoe, Ruth Gainey, Freddie Soule, Helen Monnie; brothers, Ralph Catoe, William Catoe, Stanley Catoe, Frank Catoe. The family would like to thank, with loving care, utmost appreciation and gratitude, her caregivers, Tommy and Renee Sims, Michelle Boyle, Dot Hawkins, and McLeod Hospice staff for their attentive care and support. Memorials may be made to Middendorf Baptist Church, 2202 Middendorf Church Road, Hartsville, SC 29550 or McLeod Hospice,1203 E. Cheves Street, Florence SC 29506.