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Swearingen was born near Centerville in Leon County in east Texas to John Oscar Peed (1883-1965) and the former Mary Lee Rodgers (1885-1980). The Peeds settled in the town of Elida in Roosevelt County,  New Mexico, where she attended several [[rural]] schools and completed [[high school]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kenleap.com/illumination.html|title=Illumination|publisher Kenleap.com|accessdate=May 1, 2020}}</ref> She attended beauty school in Roswell and worked for twenty-eight years as a beautician in the capital city of [[Santa Fe]], New Mexico, thirteen of those years at the La Fonda Hotel. She lived with her mother until the family ranch was sold in 1979. She then settled in nearby Portales.<ref name=obit/>​

Swearingen was born near Centerville in Leon County in east Texas to John Oscar Peed (1883-1965) and the former Mary Lee Rodgers (1885-1980). The Peeds settled in the town of Elida in Roosevelt County,  New Mexico, where she attended several [[rural]] schools and completed [[high school]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kenleap.com/illumination.html|title=Illumination|publisher Kenleap.com|accessdate=May 1, 2020}}</ref> She attended beauty school in Roswell and worked for twenty-eight years as a beautician in the capital city of [[Santa Fe]], New Mexico, thirteen of those years at the La Fonda Hotel. She lived with her mother until the family ranch was sold in 1979. She then settled in nearby Portales.<ref name=obit/>​

Swearingen endowed scholarships to support students at Eastern New Mexico University in the fields of nursing fine arts, [[accounting]], and other academic programs. She donated funds for the ENMU pipe organ and displayed her own art collection there, including paintings by Peter Hurd. In 1983, she received the ENMU Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Award. She was again recognized as the ENMU Foundation's Philanthropist of the Year in 2002.<ref name=enmu>{{cite web|url=http://www.enmu.edu/about/news/story.php?r=327|title=ENMU Honors Philanthropist of the Year|publisher=Eastern New Mexico University|date=2002; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>​

Swearingen endowed scholarships to support students at Eastern New Mexico University in the fields of nursing, fine arts, [[accounting]], and other academic programs. She donated funds for the ENMU pipe organ and displayed her own art collection there, including paintings by Peter Hurd. In 1983, she received the ENMU Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Award. She was again recognized as the ENMU Foundation's Philanthropist of the Year in 2002.<ref name=enmu>{{cite web|url=http://www.enmu.edu/about/news/story.php?r=327|title=ENMU Honors Philanthropist of the Year|publisher=Eastern New Mexico University|date=2002; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>​

In addition to her support of ENMU, Swearingen contributed the first scholarship awarded to a female cadet at New Mexico Military Institute. She was also a donor to the [[music]] program at [[Church of Christ]]-affiliated Lubbock Christian University.<ref name=obit/> Her Addie Swearingen Foundation provides scholarships to assist high school students in Roosevelt County.<ref name=enmu/>​

In addition to her support of ENMU, Swearingen contributed the first scholarship awarded to a female cadet at New Mexico Military Institute. She was also a donor to the [[music]] program at [[Church of Christ]]-affiliated Lubbock Christian University.<ref name=obit/> Her Addie Swearingen Foundation provides scholarships to assist high school students in Roosevelt County.<ref name=enmu/>​