George "Cap" Swift was born March 18, 1921, in Selma, Alabama to Will P. Swift and Lucile Patterson Swift. A 1939 graduate of Selma High School he played football and was a member of the "S" Club. He organized a high school dance orchestra that played locally and statewide from 1938-1940. During the summer months, the orchestra played at Tower Beach in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and the Moulin Rouge in Tampa, Florida. He is a life-long member of the First Presbyterian Church and past chairman of the
Board of Deacons.

He attended Auburn University, became a member of the
K. A. Fraternity, and managed and played bass fiddle with the Auburn Plainsmen Dance Band. He was co-president of the Freshman Class of 1941. In 1942, he joined the U.S. Marines and served until November of 1945. Upon his return home to Selma, he joined his father and brother in operating Swift Drug Company. In 1952, he helped organize the Selma Jaycees with 113 members. In 1957, he opened Toy Arcade next to Swift Drug Co. In 1963, he helped organize the Committee of 100. When the Hotel Albert went on the auction block, he helped organize the Downtown Development Corp., which attemped to save the hotel. In 1964, he was elected to the Selma City Council and served two terms, as well as eight years on the Selma Water Board.

In 1968 the Hotel Albert closed, the Wilby Theatre and the Selma Del burned, all within the same block as Swift Drug Co., all never to reopen. In 1972, he sold his interest in Swift Drug Co., and opened the first Radio Shack A.S.C. in the state of Alabama. In 1977, one month before Craig Field closed, he went to work full-time for the Chamber of Commerce and retired in 1986. One year later, with wife Elizabeth, he opened the Crossroads Visitor Information Center. May 1, 2006 marked nineteen years of 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.,
365 days a year operation.

He has seven children, twenty - two grandchildren, and eight great - grandchildren. The children and spouses are George (Pat) Swift of Lake Charles Louisiana, Bennie (Brenda) Davidson of Alabaster, Jimmy (Kay) Davidson and Steve (Tammy) Davidson, both of Selma; three daughters Sheryl (Jim) Balkom of Pensacola, Florida, Diane Fulmer of Clanton and Nancy (Lonnie) Autery of Selma.