Obituary of Lonnie Garrett

Services for Lonnie B. Garrett, 74, Point Blank, formerly of Cherokee County, are scheduled for 2:00 pm Thursday, May 10, at the Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church, near Troup, with the Reverend Doctor Harold Brunson officiating. Burial will be in the Concord Cemetery, under the direction of Cottle Funeral Home, Troup. Mr. Garrett died Monday May 7, in a Lufkin Hospital. He was born June 1, 1932 in Cherokee County, to the late Verman Richard Garrett and Lillie Kee Garrett. He moved to Point Blank, Texas in 1994 from Houston. Mr. Garrett was a licensed minister and was a Baptist. He served as a Deacon and as the Associate Pastor of several churches. He was a song leader and a Bible studies teacher. He was also employed by Houston Pipeline and Houston Natural Gas. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a sister, Janice Kay Garrett and by a brother-in-law, Robert Kinser. He married Gwen Kinser in Houston, February 20, 1960. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Gwen Kinser Garrett, Point Blank; three sons and daughters-in-law, David and Rosie Garrett, Katy, Duane Garrett, Point Blank, and Daniel and Sharon Garrett, New Caney; two daughters and sons-in-law, Gwen and Leland Snyder, Magnolia and Carla and Richard Kalmick, Sugarland; a sister and brother-in-law, Clara and Harold Penn, Bellaire; 12 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Lou and Doug Chesnutt, Jewett; sister-in-law, Ellene Kinser, Houston; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Cecil Pond, Chester Pond, Barry Burton, Charles Burton, Randall Chesnutt, and Jerry Chesnutt. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm, Wednesday, May 9.