Alice "Pat" Swing Fritts

Alice ‘Pat’ Rose Swing Fritts, 85, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2025 at Brookdale of Lexington.

A funeral service will be held at 11 am Friday, January 2 at Beck’s Reformed Church, by the Rev. Roland Slater and Rev. Dr. Steve Disher. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 – 11:00 am Friday at Beck’s Reformed Church prior to the service.

Pat was born on July 18, 1940, in Lexington, NC to Robert Clarence ‘Tom’ Swing and Rosebud Kepley Swing. She retired from Lexington Furniture and was a faithful and devoted lifetime member of Beck’s Reformed Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Donald Fritts; her parents Clarence and Rosebud Swing; her brother Charles Henderson Swing and sister-in-law Martha Younts Swing.

Left to cherish her memory are her nephews Michael C. Swing, and wife, Martha, and Robert H. Swing, and wife, Christi, and niece Ann Swing Bryant, and husband, John; her great nieces Anna Swing, Laura Hoeschel and husband, Ben, and Abby Bryant and great great nephews Myles Henderson Hampton and John Benjamin Hoeschel.

Those who knew Pat will remember her love for the beach, Don’s woodworking and her crafts and especially the joy she found in spending time with her family.

The family expresses their deepest gratitude and appreciation to the staff at Brookdale and her church family.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Beck’s Reformed Church BackPack Program, 2845 Beck’s Church Rd., Lexington, NC 27292.