Mr. Justin Lanier Garrett

JUSTIN L. GARRETT Justin Lanier Garrett, 83, of Vinita, died on January 7, 2017. He was born August 21, 1933, near Georgetown in Madison County, Arkansas, the son of Roscoe Benjamin Harrison Garrett and R. Nettie Elizabeth Glenn Garrett. He was a retired logistics computer specialist, working for the United States Army at the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, the United States Air Force at Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, Oklahoma, and at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the United States Department of Energy in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Before entering the civil service, he taught school in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas. He attended the Goodluck school and Huntsville High School in Madison County, Arkansas. A graduate of Central Christian College in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, he also earned a Master’s Degree in Mathematics from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. After he retired, he operated a small ranch west of Vinita. He was a member of the Vinita church of Christ where he served as elder, and preached for congregations in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. In 1957 he married Frances Jolene McCallie in Westville, Oklahoma. He is survived by his wife Jolene Garrett, of the home, five (5) children and their families: Chip and Allison Garrett of Emporia, Kansas, and children Ethan and wife Danielle Garrett, Tori and Noah Garrett; Stuart and Cindy Garrett of Kansas City, Missouri, and children Lindsey and Preston Garrett; Nikki and Eugene Robertson of Collinsville, Oklahoma, and children Logan and Tanner Robertson; Drs. Kipton and Gina Garrett of Morehead, Kentucky, and children Nathan, Justin and Zachary Garrett; and Mallory and Brett Smith of Shawnee, Kansas, and children Kali, Colin, Heidi, and Brytni Smith. He was preceded in death by his parents, two (2) brothers, James Roscoe Garrett and Harold Ray Garrett, and five (5) sisters, Gladys McChristian, Helen Rosin, Verna Sheppard, Norma Prince, and Margie Bostick. Graveside services were held January ____, 2017, at Drakes Creek Cemetery in Madison County, Arkansas, under the direction of Stumpff Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Gospel Tracts International, 2129 North Center Street, Suite E, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 72701.

Mr. Justin Lanier Garrett

August 21, 1933 - January 7, 2017