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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Johnny Swanson, III |
| Address |
Birmingham, Alabama , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
| Born |
March 31, 1953
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| Died | March 00, 2009
(55 years)
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| Contributor | Barack O-blame-a |
| Last Modifed | David
Mar 31, 2022 09:11pm |
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Black - Army - Baptist -
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| Info | Johnny Swanson III was born March 31, 1953 to the late Johnny Swanson II
and Magnolia Jones Swanson in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended public
schools in Birmingham where he had high academic performance and began
early to take on leadership roles, mostly known for heading the Safety
Patrol at McCaw Elementary. Johnny went on to be one of the first Black
students to desegregate Ensley High School where he also excelled
academically and began his military training in the Army ROTC program.
Eventually he rose to the highest rank student cadet in the Entire
System and mastered the Best Trained and Best Dressed Drill Team the
Area had in the early 1970’s. Johnny graduated from Ensley High School
in 1971 earning a full Scholarship to The Citadel Military College in
Charleston, South Carolina where he eventually graduated in 1975 as a
Political Science Major and became a commissioned officer in the U.S.
Army. Johnny’s military career took him to several countries in Europe
where he operated in the area of Military Police and Security. He served
this capacity for years and was very well respected for his strategic
ability and experience. Upon leaving the military he entered the private
work force for a few years with the Proctor and Gamble Company after
which he started his own business The Swanson Group in which he
eventually trained and licensed thousands of security officers, many of
whom are now in high capacities with Homeland Securing, CIA, and Secret
Service. The Swanson Group eventually became one of the largest Security
firms in the country overseeing Governmental and military installations
through the United States. In the late 1990’s Johnny earned his Juris
Doctorate Degree in the study of Law and earned the nickname “”John
Law”". He assisted many veterans in this capacity his last years and
Campaigned for the U.S. Senate in 2002, 2004, and 2008, receiving more
than 30,000 votes from the people of Alabama. Johnny had spiritual roots
in the Lilly Grove Baptist Church of Ensley where he was a member and
submitted to God under the leadership of the late Pastor Levi
Satisfield, Sr. Johnny was preceded in death by family members: Johnny
Swanson, II (father); Magnolia Jones Swanson (mother); Edith Swanson
(sister); and Mark Swanson (brother). He leaves to cherish his memory a
Family that includes two sisters, Gloria Swanson Tims and Essie Elana
Swanson; four brothers, Timothy Swanson, Sr. (Linda), David Swanson,
Sr., Wilbur Swanson (Gwendolyn) of Temple Hills, Maryland and Dr.
Reginald Swanson; an aunt, uncles, many nieces and nephews and related
family.
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