Memorial Obituaries Crosby, Jr., Jaynes

J. Swayne Crosby, Jr., 56, died Friday, June 18, 2004, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Crosby was born in Kingstree on October 7, 1947, a son of Louise Payton Crosby Matthews and the late J. Swayne Crosby. He grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School and Columbia Commercial College. Mr. Crosby was an employee of Oneita Industries for thirty years. He was currently Vice President of AimSys, a computer management company in Columbia. Mr. Crosby was a member of Suttons United Methodist Church and Harper’s Lodge #225, AFM.

Surviving are: his wife, Dianne Hinnant Crosby of Andrews; a daughter, Kelly Denise Crosby Roberts and her husband Michael of Andrews; his Mother and step-Father, George D. Matthews of Andrews; a sister, Evelyn C. Broome and her husband Ernest of Carolina Beach, N. C.; a brother, David V. Crosby and his wife Katie of Hemingway; two step-brothers, David Matthews of Andrews and Rodney Matthews of Williston; two step-sisters, Patsy Morris and Cindy Kozma, both of Andrews; father-in-law, Ransom O. Hinnant of Andrews; sister-in-law, Lynn H. Benford and her husband, Buddy of Andrews; and three grandchildren, Kelly Renee Roberts, Laura Michelle Roberts, and Bryan Michael Roberts, all of Andrews.

Funeral services will be Monday, June 21, 2004, at one o’clock in Pinecrest Baptist Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Paul W. Wall, Rev. J. Robert Huggins, and the Rev. Billy E. Rufus. Burial will follow in Andrews Memorial Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the Andrews Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home Sunday evening, June 20, 2004, from five until seven o’clock.

Sign a guest book at www.mayerfuneralhome.com.

Swayne was one of my coworkers, and I will greatly miss him.

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Yesterday, George and I headed down to Atlanta to meet up with Star of the California band, Ozma. We got on the road around 2:30 and made really good time, so we had plenty of time to hang out before the show. I got a call form my stepbrother. We haven’t talked for a years, and he had some really interesting things to say. There was nothing bad…we just talked about some old forgotten times and apologized to each other about times that we had not been so brotherly to each other. It was really good to hear from him in that way, and I hope that our family will continue to grow closer. After Ozma, we went and got a bite to eat with Star. She is one of the nicest people I have ever met. I had some wings that nearly killed me (I don’t like em hot). So after dinner we split and went to meet up with Geprge’s friend. We hung out with him for a while and then proceeded to try to find our way back to the interstate. Atlanta has a problem with signage, so it took us about 30-45 minutes just to get to the interstate. We got on the road and stopped for some gas, then got to booking. Just in time for my wings to say hello…but not really. They just decided to make my stomach cramp really bad without any kind of relief in sight. I took a nap to try to relax my cramped stomach. It worked okay, but I woke up much later than intended and felt bad about leaving George to drive home from Atlanta in the middle of the night without company. We made it back and I got to bed at about 6 this morning. Now I am packing to go to Charleston. I am going to hang out with my stepdad today, and of course tomorrow for Father’s Day. Then I’ll be staying over on Monday for an interview at a company on Kiawah Island, so wish me luck there. I will now conclude this rambling and very boring post to get ready. Out.

Yesterday was gym day 5 and it went as planned so nothing to report there. The same goes for today’s gym trip. I’m skipping the gym tomorrow to get some work done before I head to Atlanta with George to see Ozma and not Rooney. I think we may leave or hang with Ozma during Rooney. There is something about that band that I just don’t like. I know this is weird, coz they match genres with most of the other bands that I do like. I just kinda get bored or something with Rooney…sorry guys. I am heading out tonight for a little bit of dinner when I leave here. Actually I don’t think I will ever leave here. I am working on this Flash piece for the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardons Services website that I am redesigning. So the Flash thing is such that when you mouse over a county name or county on a map of South Carolina, the county is highlighted and the contact for the agent in that county appears. I am about 75% done with it. Thank God. That one piece has taken up almost 10 hours so far. I will be glad to have it off my desk, and then on to slicing and coding. Woohoo! Yeah, so it turns out that I am a nerd. In somewhat optimistic news, I got a call back from one of the CHarleston area companies I applied to. They said I was overqualified, but looks like I may still have a chance at the position anyway. I hope. It sounds like the perfect job that I have been looking for for quite some time. Well, I guess that’ll do it for now. Peace.

Yeah, well. It doesn’t really qualify as a gym day I suppose. My PT couldn’t make it and I needed a day to let my muscles rest. I am probably going to go for a mile run tonight, but nothing too crazy. Today has been one busy and tiring day. I got to work this morning on time but late in my mind. I am somewhat of a freak about needing a shower before I do stuff. I woke up late and didn’t have to time to grab one, so I came in dirty. I was okay with that for the most part due to the fact that I started a new schedule today to accomodate my gym time and stuff. I got here at 9:30. I went to check my account and found out that I was in the negative. I had budgetted correctly but my web host drafted my account with out prior notice, so obviously my transactions got effed up. George lent me a few bucks to cover it so I wouldn’t get into fees and stuff. Anyway, I went to leave to go get a shower in the time I would have normally gone to the gym. I got to the car, and I had a parking ticket. Dammit. Well, I went home and made lunch, took a shower, shaved off my beard:(, and headed to the bank to make the deposit George lent me. Then I got back to the office and walke into one of the busiest days I have ever experienced here. Man, I did three different flash projects in a few hours, HTML, Coldfusion, Fireworks, and I am sure I am missing something. Oh yeah, I took a refresher on forms in conjunction with databases. Woo… Lot’s o’crap. You’d think with all that, they could give me a raise and a few more hours. I am guilty of taking my time on some things, but here I rip through most of these projects, and still see no thank yous. Well, except from Dave (immediate Supervisor). Which is nice, but Dave is a supervisor/not-necessarily-one. It has been quiet here without Ben around. I am sure that some people here are happy about that. Well, I am off to finish up the last of one of today’s Flash projects, and then home to see if I can find something to cook. Sorry to have been M.I.A. for a while to some of you, but I have got to get these things done. You’ll find a better Jebb on the other side.

Effing great. Now it is pouring rain and storming and my umbrella is in the van two blocks away. When does it quit?