Ware remembered for ability to put together council votes
Jamita Swearengen (left in 2018) is Barbara Swearengen Ware’s niece, and was elected in 2015 to a Memphis City Council seat. Swearengen, a reminder of Barabara Swearengen Ware’s legacy, is serving her second term. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Barbara Swearengen Ware died Thursday, Sept. 30, 11 years after she resigned from the Memphis City Council after a plea deal on an official misconduct charge. She served 17 years on the council representing the North Memphis area that included the Douglass community.
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