Loretta James Garrett, age 87, went to be with the Lord on October 27, 2018. She was born in Hope, Arkansas on October 9, 1931, to William Fay and Louise Kirk James. She married her high school sweetheart, Charles Burgess Garrett, on September 22, 1950.
Loretta is survived by her son, Bruce Garrett, and his wife, Judy, and two daughters, Melanie Jordan and her husband, Bev, and Becky Steele and her husband, Rodney, along with grandchildren, Dr. Celeste McMaster and husband, Jason, Stan Koger and wife, Crystal, Amy Gattis and husband, Brandon, Garrett Steele and wife, Maegan, and Sarah Cole and husband, Brandon. Three great-grandchildren include Madeline Koger, Brady Simmons, and Lottie Gattis.
She is also survived by her brother, Major General (USAF Ret.) William Kirk James and wife, Jo, one niece and six nephews, and a number of others who considered her to be their "other mother".
Mrs. Garrett is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one sister, Billye Irene Jobe, and one brother, Marcus Bruce James.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church. These funds will be used to help send the Cox family to Lithuania, to share the Gospel through education.
Loretta is survived by her son, Bruce Garrett, and his wife, Judy, and two daughters, Melanie Jordan and her husband, Bev, and Becky Steele and her husband, Rodney, along with grandchildren, Dr. Celeste McMaster and husband, Jason, Stan Koger and wife, Crystal, Amy Gattis and husband, Brandon, Garrett Steele and wife, Maegan, and Sarah Cole and husband, Brandon. Three great-grandchildren include Madeline Koger, Brady Simmons, and Lottie Gattis.
She is also survived by her brother, Major General (USAF Ret.) William Kirk James and wife, Jo, one niece and six nephews, and a number of others who considered her to be their "other mother".
Mrs. Garrett is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one sister, Billye Irene Jobe, and one brother, Marcus Bruce James.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church. These funds will be used to help send the Cox family to Lithuania, to share the Gospel through education.
Loretta James Garrett, age 87, went to be with the Lord on October 27, 2018. She was born in Hope, Arkansas on October 9, 1931, to William Fay and Louise Kirk James. She married her high school sweetheart, Charles Burgess Garrett, on September 22, 1950.
Loretta is survived by her son, Bruce Garrett, and his wife, Judy, and two daughters, Melanie Jordan and her husband, Bev, and Becky Steele and her husband, Rodney, along with grandchildren, Dr. Celeste McMaster and husband, Jason, Stan Koger and wife, Crystal, Amy Gattis and husband, Brandon, Garrett Steele and wife, Maegan, and Sarah Cole and husband, Brandon. Three great-grandchildren include Madeline Koger, Brady Simmons, and Lottie Gattis.
She is also survived by her brother, Major General (USAF Ret.) William Kirk James and wife, Jo, one niece and six nephews, and a number of others who considered her to be their "other mother".
Mrs. Garrett is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one sister, Billye Irene Jobe, and one brother, Marcus Bruce James.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church. These funds will be used to help send the Cox family to Lithuania, to share the Gospel through education.
Loretta is survived by her son, Bruce Garrett, and his wife, Judy, and two daughters, Melanie Jordan and her husband, Bev, and Becky Steele and her husband, Rodney, along with grandchildren, Dr. Celeste McMaster and husband, Jason, Stan Koger and wife, Crystal, Amy Gattis and husband, Brandon, Garrett Steele and wife, Maegan, and Sarah Cole and husband, Brandon. Three great-grandchildren include Madeline Koger, Brady Simmons, and Lottie Gattis.
She is also survived by her brother, Major General (USAF Ret.) William Kirk James and wife, Jo, one niece and six nephews, and a number of others who considered her to be their "other mother".
Mrs. Garrett is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one sister, Billye Irene Jobe, and one brother, Marcus Bruce James.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church. These funds will be used to help send the Cox family to Lithuania, to share the Gospel through education.
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