John Sidney Garrett - Garrett's Obituary

Garrett's Obituary

Garrett's hobbies included the raising of horses, cattle, and bantam chickens. He was a judge for poultry shows nationwide, a member of the American Bantam Association, and a past president of the American Poultry Association. He was a member of the Millerton Masonic Lodge #245, a 32 degree K.C.C.H. Scottish Rite Mason, and an El Karubah Shriner.

Garrett died in the Homer Memorial Hospital in Claiborne Parish. He was survived by his wife of fifty-eight years, the former Meredith McEachern (born 1926); three sons, Richie Garrett and his wife Susan of Monroe, Mark Garrett and his wife Patty of New Orleans, and Tommy Garrett and his wife Kelley of Haynesville; six grandchildren, and two brothers.

Services were held in the Haynesville United Methodist Church, with the Reverend Henry Stone officiating. Garrett was the chairman of the church's administrative board, the leader of the church finance committee, the teacher of the men's Sunday school class, and a singer in the choir. Burial was in a large family plot at the Old Town Cemetery south of Haynesville.