GARRETT, Anna Mae (Bales) - b. August 26, 1907 - d. August 19, 1999

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Independence Reporter
August 20, 1999


HOWARD---- Anna Mae Garett, 91, of Howard, died Thursday at the Howard Twilight Nursing Home in Howard.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard, with the Revs. Marty Dewitt, Kibam Kim, Don Harper and Robin Haines oficiating.  Interrment will be held in the Grace Lawn Cemetery at Howard.

A memorial has been established with the Howard United Methodist Church, and contributions may be left with the funeral home.

Mrs. Garrett was born Aug. 26, 1907, at Jerico, Texas, to Frank W. and Pearlia (Perkins) Bales.  At an early age, she moved with her family to a farm near Grenola.  After graduating from Grenola High School, she completed Normal Training and became a teacher at several rural schools in Elk County.

She married John C. Garrett at Howard on Dec. 17, 1938, and he died in 1974.

As a young lady, she was baptized in the Caney River as a member of the United Methodist Church.  She attended church regularly, and took a leadership role in the United Methodist Women.  She served two years as president and was an active member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Carter-Rader Post in Howard, and was also a former member of the Loyal Lima Extension Home Unit.

Survivors include two daughters, Ruby Hopwood, Gainesville, Ga., and Dorothy Browder, Gordon, Neb.; a sister, Gladys Ingle, Howard; seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.