January 18, 2025, 63, Mount Olive —

Hilbert Aldine Swinson, Jr., 63, resident of the Beautancus community near Mount Olive, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2025, at Wayne UNC Healthcare.

Hilbert had been a truck driver during most of his working career.

He leaves behind a daughter, Tiffany Jane Swinson, of Mount Olive; four grandchildren, Logan Hess, Caden Smith, Savannah Sawyer, and Saylor Sawyer; his mother, Jean Deese Swinson of Newton Grove; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Gina S. and Mike Logue, of Shallotte, and Angie S. and Richard Blizzard, of Mount Olive; his mother-in-law, Katheryn Alphin Hines, of Mount Olive; a sister-in-law, Dawn Hines Seagroves of Mount Olive; and another brother-in-law, Ray King, of Calypso.  Hilbert also has two nephews, Tyler Swinson and Ben Locklear.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Pamela Hines Swinson; his father, Hilbert Aldine “Joe” Swinson; a sister, Gwen S. King; a step-daughter, Angel Hines Sawyer; a brother-in-law, Jay Hines; and a nephew, Adam Locklear.

The Swinson family will remember Hilbert at a private gathering.