MADISON — Frank Switzer, 50, of Madison and Vaughan, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, at his home. Services were held Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Ridgeland.

Mr. Switzer was born Jan. 5, 1959, in Starkville to the late Dr. George Lester Switzer and Meadie Montgomery Switzer. He was a 1977 graduate of Starkville High School and a 1981 graduate of Mississippi State University, where he also received his MBA. He was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Starkville. He worked as senior account manager for Harcros Chemical Inc.

Surviving family includes his wife, Robyn Reneé Johnson Switzer of Madison; three children, Mary Frances Switzer, George Montgomery Switzer and John Exum Switzer, and the mother of his children, Luellyn Long Switzer, and a goddaughter, Emily Love Brandon, all of Starkville; his uncle, George L. Montgomery of Madison; two aunts, Agnes and Martha of Ohio; his stepchildren, James Paul Conway III, John Zachary Conway and Julia Brooke Mulder; his brother-in-law, Tim A. Johnson and his wife, Carolyn, and his in-laws, Betty and John Pullen of Natchez; Bobby Dixie and Powell McCaleb of Vaughan; and his beloved bulldog, “Switzer’s Lord What a Mess.”

Pallbearers were E.W. “Skeeter” Stubbs, Steve Price, Kevin Thompson, Gene Merkl, Buddy Collier, Dr. Steven Brandon, Dr. Chris Behr and Jeff McDaniel.

Honorary pallbearers were Joe Tkach, Hardy Russell, Dave Cross, James Paul Conway III, John Zachary Conway, Tim Johnson, Brian Dyess, Don Tackett, John Hamilton, Jeff Taylor, T.C. Collins, Steve Hardee, Judge Rodney Favor, Rich Wingo and all employees of Harcros Chemical.