As an African-American woman in the Funeral Business, Verlean Swift has more than thirty years’ experience. She has found that possibilities are unlimited in achieving new heights, in breaking new ground and forming new foundations. Her time in Funeral Service has proven to be a time for reaching long dreamed goals and realizations that she never thought possible.
Each year that she has served, she has seen the necessity to serve in order to become greater in service. Each year that she gives of herself, she receives more to give. Each year that she has made a difference, she knew that the difference was fueled by the desire to do more. She has learned through the years that giving is an unending process. When you give of yourself, and you offer your gift in the service of others, God rewards your efforts, multiplies your blessings, and fortifies you with strength to do more.
Verlean is a native of the state of Mississippi. After attending Tennessee State University, she moved to the Chicago area, and studied at Roosevelt University. Having lived in Chicago and the south suburbs for nearly 50 years, she is a wife and mother of three children, and grandmother of three grandchildren
As COO of Southwest Memorial Chapels, Verlean realizes that her steps are ordered by God and with the direction of the Holy Spirit, the task to guide and serve more will be met.
When asked how she has arrived at the position she is in today, she says, “It was through serving that I came to be where I am now.”