Thomas Winfrey Swilling of Chattsworth, Murray County, GA was born on August 17, 1930 in Chatsworth. Thomas was baptized at SeventhDay Adventist Church in Dalton, Whitfield County. He was married to Tulie Mae Swilling on August 30, 1946 and they later divorced circa January 1984 in Bradley County, TN. He had children Thomas Allen Swilling, Danny Lamar Swilling, Ralph Stephen Swilling, Cheri Yvette Swilling Childs, and Tina Claudette Swilling Falkowsk. Thomas Swilling died at age 58 years old on December 18, 1988 at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, GA, and was buried on December 19, 1988.