Garrett, Corbet Roy

Funeral Home Data

Deceased:Garrett, Corbet Roy

Born:Jan 29 1897

Died:Dec 05 1975

Age:78

Remarks:Corbet Roy Garrett, of 301 Virginia Street, Quapaw Oklahoma, a Cherokee Indian, died Dec 5, 1975, at 4:30 am at St. John's hospital, Joplin Missouri, age 78. Retired superintendent at Eagle-Picher Company. Born Jan 29, 1897, in Ottawa county, Indian Territory Oklahoma. Father's name James Franklin Garrett and mother's name Vistia Elizabeth Speer. Burial in G.A.R. cemetery at Miami.

Record Source:Jim Thomas Funeral Home

(Funeral Record)Commerce, Ottawa County, OK

Abstract Data

It is reported that T. H. Tommy' Lennon has shortened Corbett Garrett's name to Cobb.

Miami News Record — Miami, OK

Apr 09 1939 · p.9 · col.2

...died following a brief illness. He was a retired superintendent with the Eagle- Picher Mining Company, having been employed by Eagle-Picher for 35 years. He was a Baptist, a member of the Quapaw Masonic Lodge, the Galena Kansas Elks lodge and since 1922, the Quapaw Odd-fellows lodge. Survived by one son, Wayne Garrett, Quapaw Oklahoma; one daughter, Mrs. Betty June Green, Folsom California; one brother, Hiram Garrett, Commerce; four sisters, Mrs. Norene Hale, Commerce, Mrs. Katherine Havens, Baxter Springs Kansas, Mrs. Trix Greenback, Riverside California, and Mrs. Lucille Whitecrow, Bellgarde California; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Miami News Record — Miami, OK

Dec 05 1975 · p.3 · col.1

...pallbearers will be Arthur Root, Armine Thompson, Sam Shrock, Orville Moore, Jerry Feezell, Phillip Moore, Jerry Feezel and Phillip Trolinger, and honorary pallbearers will be Ralph Cumpton, Lloyd Wetherall, Lawrence Campbell, Clark Cornwall, Joe Smith and Claud Rogers.

Miami News Record — Miami, OK

Dec 07 1975 · p.3 · col.1

Book: Hard Rock Lead and Zinc Mining Men — S J Mahurin

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