Obituary of Barbara Garrett

Graveside services for Barbara 'Bobbye' Garrett, 79, Whitehouse, are scheduled for 1:30 pm, Sunday, December 28, at the Union Grove Cemetery, Troup with the Reverend Ken Warren officiating, under the direction of Cottle Funeral Home, Troup. Mrs. Garrett died Friday, December 26, 2008 in a Tyler hospital. She was born March 30, 1929, in Montgomery, Alabama to the late Hobson H. Hamilton and Maybelle Bailey Hamilton. She was the Salutatorian of the Troup High School Class of 1946. She was also a graduate of Huffstetler Business College, Mobile, Alabama. She lived in Houston for 38 years before moving to Troup in 1987. She moved to Tyler in 2001 and was a current resident of Whitehouse. She was a member of the Green Acres Baptist Church, Tyler. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, of 51 years, Valgeane Garrett, December 17, 1999. Survivors include three sons and two daughters-in-law, Randy and Karen Garrett and Joey and Tina Garrett, all of Whitehouse and Gary Garrett, Flint; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Anne and Brownie Brown, Whitehouse, Marcy Smith, Longview and Lisa and Rick Evans, Lampasas; a sister and brother-in-law, Mary and James Stewart, Dripping Springs; 19 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and three nieces, Sharon Clyde, Suzan Wells and Teresa McMillan. Honorary Pallbearers will be Jonathan Chandler, Jeff Handojo, Tracy Vines, Chad Garrett, Adam Duncan, Chris Hall, Jonathan Schlattner, and Eric Hosea. The Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Saturday, December 27.