Martha Swasey

Martha Swasey, 95, of Signal Mountain, passed away Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012. She was founder and Director of Signal School of Physical Education and a Senior Olympian. She had also been Director of Womens Athletics at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn.; Associate Physical Director, Central YMCA, Chattanooga; Associate Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Health and Physical Education teacher, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Special Physical Education teacher, Woodland Elementary School, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Assistant Professor, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; and Chairman of Physical Education Department, Tennessee College for Women, Murfreesboro, Tenn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Allan V. Swasey.Survivors include her son, Allan V. Swasey, Jr.; daughters, Patricia Jordan and Dorothy Brewer; grandsons, Jim Jordan III, Matthew Swasey, and Ryan Smith; granddaughters, Jackie Jordan Pullen, Chelsea Huddleston, and Erin Swasey. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 12 p.m. at Oak Ridge Memorial Park with Rev. Dr. Janice Mynchenberg officiating. The family will receive friends in Chattanooga Tuesday, Sept. 4, from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.Arrangements are by the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist, 404 South Moore Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee.Please share your thoughts and memories at www.ChattanoogaEastChapel.com.