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EDNA  GARRETT


 

Edna Garrett, 99, of Hayesville died Thursday (Feb. 21, 2008) in a Clay County care center.  A native of Towns County, GA, she had lived in Clay County most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Wesley W. and Luna Gribble Hunter and the wife of the late Glemra Garrett, who died in 1965.  She was a homemaker and was a member of the Pine Grove Baptist Church.
 
Surviving are a daughter, Wanda Mae Holmes of Hiawassee, GA; five sons, Aud W., Narvel L., and Howard W. “Dobbin” Garrett all of Hayesville, Claude W. Garrett of Belmont, NC, and Flaud F. Garrett of Lowell, NC; three sisters, Ella Mae Moody of Buford, GA, and Hazel Hunter and Lois Hogsed both of Hiawassee, GA; and nine grandchildren, several great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren.
 
Funeral services at 7:00 PM Saturday (Feb. 23) in the Chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Hayesville with the Revs. Greg Carroll and Mike Forster officiating and Lydia Garrett speaking.  Interment at 9:00 AM Sunday (Feb. 24) in the Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.  Pallbearers:  Randall, Michael, and Warren Garrett, Dennis and David Penland, and David Duncan.  Honorary pallbearers:  Dale Penland and Chris West.
 
The family will receive friends from 5-6:45 Saturday evening at the Ivie Funeral Home, Hayesville prior to the services.
 
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made in memory of Edna Garrett to the Pine Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, c/o Jimmy Anderson, 158 Swaims Road, Hayesville, NC 28904.
 
Ivie Funeral Home, Hayesville in charge of all arrangements.
 

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