Edmond Peter Garrett (b1898)
Edmond Peter Garrett (Grove) |
Planter, Agricultural Leader
Notes:
• Son of Edmond Peter Garrett (1859 - 1918) and Augusta Kortrecht Gussy Bibb (1871 - 1949) - Ancestry.com
• Married: 1.) Harriett Elizabeth (Bettie) Hill of Madison County. Her parents were Elizabeth Woodroof and Dr. James Abram Hill. 2.) Inez Elizabeth Tinsley - Hopson & Ancestry.com
• Obituary for his mother published in Limestone Democrat, Athens, AL, Thursday, August 4, 1949
"The death of Mrs. Augusta Bibb Duncan, 78, marked the passing of a representative of one of Limestone's best known women and the severing of a link between representatives of territorial and early statehood days of Alabama and the present times.
Mrs. Duncan died at Hamil Clinic in Decatur, at 9:45 Saturday morning, her death following an illness of some weeks.
Funeral services were conducted at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon at the First Methodist Church, Athens, by her pastor, Dr. R.B. Lavender, and Rev. A.L. Etherton, Brown Funeral Home of Decatur was in charge.
Pallbearers were Thomas S. Woodroof, R.H. Richardson, Ed Morgan of Decatur, P.W. Hendricks, George Houston, Luke Pryor, James and Willis Hill of Mooresville.
Mrs. Duncan was born in Limestone County, daughter of the late Porter Bibb and Amelia Bradley Bibb.
In early life, the deceased married Edmond Peete Garrett of "The Cedars", present home of their only living child, Edmond Peter Garrett, well known Alabamian.
After Mr. Garrett's death in 1918, 'Miss Gussie,' as she was known to a wide circle of friends, married former State Senator, George Duncan, brother of the late Dr. L.N. Duncan, for many years president of A.P.L., Auburn, and they moved to Athens to make their home.
Mrs. Duncan is survived by her son, Edmond Peter Garrett; two grandson, E.P. Jr., and James Hill Garrett; two brothers, Bradley N. Bibb and Benajah A. Bibb of Belle Mina, and many other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Duncan loved life, she enjoyed young people as much as she did politics in which she was well versed. Her death removes a popular figure from the social, civic and public life of her native state." - His Mother's Obituary
• Born at Belle Mina, Alabama, on March 16, 1898. - Grove
• Son of Edmond Peete and Augusta (Bibb) Garrett. Other family names include: Bradley, Betts, Thompson, Wyatt; Peete, Blount, Gough, Agee, Ayres, and English. - Grove
• Mr. Garrett attended Green University School at Athens, Alabama, and Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. - Grove
• On October 4, 1923, he married Elizabeth Hill of Mooresville, Alabama. - Grove
• Children: Edmond Peter, Jr. and James Hill Garrett. - Grove
• "A retired planter, Mr. Garrett is General Manager of Alabama Farmers' Cooperative, Decatur, Alabama, and has served on the Board of Directors of The Farm Credit Banks of New Orleans, Louisiana, since 1942 and is at present Vice Chairman of the Board. He was selected a 'Master Farmer' in the year 1940 by The Progressive Farmer and The Alabama Extension Service. In 1957, he was selected 'Man of the Year' for Agriculture by The Progressive Farmer. He was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel in 1954 by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Mr. Garrett is a Past President of Associated Cooperative, Sheffield; Limestone Farmer's Cooperative, Athens; and South Limestone Cooperative, Belle Mina, all in Alabama; and a Past Director of Alfalfa Producers Cooperative, Belle Mina, Alabama; Huntsville Production Credit Association, Huntsville, Alabama; Farmer's Marketing and Exchange Association, Montgomery, Alabama; and Limestone County oil Conservation Association. At Auburn, he belonged to the Nu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Order. In World War I, he served in the U.S. Army as a Second Lieutenant, Infantry. Mr. Garrett is a Democrat. He belongs to the Belle Mina Methodist Church where he has served as Chairman of the Board of Stewards and as Sunday School Superintendent." - Grove
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| Born: | March 16, 1898, Belle Mina, Alabama |
| Died: | November 1, 1978 |
Notes:
• Son of Edmond Peter Garrett (1859 - 1918) and Augusta Kortrecht Gussy Bibb (1871 - 1949) - Ancestry.com
• Married: 1.) Harriett Elizabeth (Bettie) Hill of Madison County. Her parents were Elizabeth Woodroof and Dr. James Abram Hill. 2.) Inez Elizabeth Tinsley - Hopson & Ancestry.com
• Obituary for his mother published in Limestone Democrat, Athens, AL, Thursday, August 4, 1949
"The death of Mrs. Augusta Bibb Duncan, 78, marked the passing of a representative of one of Limestone's best known women and the severing of a link between representatives of territorial and early statehood days of Alabama and the present times.
Mrs. Duncan died at Hamil Clinic in Decatur, at 9:45 Saturday morning, her death following an illness of some weeks.
Funeral services were conducted at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon at the First Methodist Church, Athens, by her pastor, Dr. R.B. Lavender, and Rev. A.L. Etherton, Brown Funeral Home of Decatur was in charge.
Pallbearers were Thomas S. Woodroof, R.H. Richardson, Ed Morgan of Decatur, P.W. Hendricks, George Houston, Luke Pryor, James and Willis Hill of Mooresville.
Mrs. Duncan was born in Limestone County, daughter of the late Porter Bibb and Amelia Bradley Bibb.
In early life, the deceased married Edmond Peete Garrett of "The Cedars", present home of their only living child, Edmond Peter Garrett, well known Alabamian.
After Mr. Garrett's death in 1918, 'Miss Gussie,' as she was known to a wide circle of friends, married former State Senator, George Duncan, brother of the late Dr. L.N. Duncan, for many years president of A.P.L., Auburn, and they moved to Athens to make their home.
Mrs. Duncan is survived by her son, Edmond Peter Garrett; two grandson, E.P. Jr., and James Hill Garrett; two brothers, Bradley N. Bibb and Benajah A. Bibb of Belle Mina, and many other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Duncan loved life, she enjoyed young people as much as she did politics in which she was well versed. Her death removes a popular figure from the social, civic and public life of her native state." - His Mother's Obituary
• Born at Belle Mina, Alabama, on March 16, 1898. - Grove
• Son of Edmond Peete and Augusta (Bibb) Garrett. Other family names include: Bradley, Betts, Thompson, Wyatt; Peete, Blount, Gough, Agee, Ayres, and English. - Grove
• Mr. Garrett attended Green University School at Athens, Alabama, and Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. - Grove
• On October 4, 1923, he married Elizabeth Hill of Mooresville, Alabama. - Grove
• Children: Edmond Peter, Jr. and James Hill Garrett. - Grove
• "A retired planter, Mr. Garrett is General Manager of Alabama Farmers' Cooperative, Decatur, Alabama, and has served on the Board of Directors of The Farm Credit Banks of New Orleans, Louisiana, since 1942 and is at present Vice Chairman of the Board. He was selected a 'Master Farmer' in the year 1940 by The Progressive Farmer and The Alabama Extension Service. In 1957, he was selected 'Man of the Year' for Agriculture by The Progressive Farmer. He was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel in 1954 by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Mr. Garrett is a Past President of Associated Cooperative, Sheffield; Limestone Farmer's Cooperative, Athens; and South Limestone Cooperative, Belle Mina, all in Alabama; and a Past Director of Alfalfa Producers Cooperative, Belle Mina, Alabama; Huntsville Production Credit Association, Huntsville, Alabama; Farmer's Marketing and Exchange Association, Montgomery, Alabama; and Limestone County oil Conservation Association. At Auburn, he belonged to the Nu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Order. In World War I, he served in the U.S. Army as a Second Lieutenant, Infantry. Mr. Garrett is a Democrat. He belongs to the Belle Mina Methodist Church where he has served as Chairman of the Board of Stewards and as Sunday School Superintendent." - Grove
Related Links:
• Ancestry.com - Page owned by jenponsford and can be viewed only with a paid Ancestry.com subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10142189/person/6003556971.)
• Find A Grave - Page created by Mary Jo.
• Grove - Library of Alabama Lives, by Frank L. Grove, 1961, pages 195 & 196 with photo on 196.
• His Mother's Obituary - Recorded in Find A Grave, page created by Mary Jo.
• Hopson - Article submitted by Carol (Hopson) Snyder and written by Rex C. Hopson for The Heritage of Madison County, Alabama, by The Madison County Heritage Book Committee, John P. Rankin, Chairman, page 489.