Mrs. Claudia Clarice Swords Cannon, age 78, passed away Saturday, September 17, 2016, at Early Memorial Hospital in Blakely, Georgia. No formal services will be held. Clarice was born November 4, 1937, in Blakely, to William Earnest Swords and Claudell Bundy Swords. Raised in Early County, she has resided at Early Memorial Nursing Home for the last 25 years. Clarice Cannon is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Donna Cannon of Moultrie, Georgia; her daughter, Angela White of Blakely; her sister, Lea Jean Manry and husband, Steve of Blakely; and 5 grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her parents and brothers, Hubert, Darrell and Joe Swords.