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John Oscar and Mary Lee Rodgers Swearingen<br>
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*Based on income from [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]]-producing lands, Mrs. Swearingen became a major philanthropist in eastern [[New Mexico]].
*Based on income from [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]]-producing lands, Mrs. Swearingen became a major philanthropist in eastern [[New Mexico]].
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'''Addie Peed Swearingen''' (May 25, 1904 – June 18, 2008) was a former beautician who became a philanthropist to Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, and Lubbock Christian University in [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]. Swearingen and her husband, William "Hub" Swearingen (died 1975), became wealthy through purchasing land and mineral rights, mostly in Eddy County in eastern New Mexico. When [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] deposits were discovered on Swearingen lands, the income produced enabled Swearingen to become a benefactor of various causes.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/062208/obi_293734586.shtml|title=Addie Peed Swearingen|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=June 20, 2008; material no longer on-line}}</ref>
'''Addie Peed Swearingen''' (May 25, 1904 – June 18, 2008) was a former beautician who became a philanthropist to Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, and Lubbock Christian University in [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]. Swearingen and her husband, William "Hub" Swearingen (died 1975), became wealthy through purchasing land and mineral rights, mostly in Eddy County in eastern New Mexico. When [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] deposits were discovered on Swearingen lands, the income produced enabled Swearingen to become a benefactor of various causes.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/062208/obi_293734586.shtml|title=Addie Peed Swearingen|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=June 20, 2008; material no longer on-line}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
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/>
==Philanthropy==
==Philanthropy==