Age 81, Lawton - Memorial service will be 10:00 a.m. Monday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Dr. Arthur Blount, son in law, pastor of First Baptist Church, Carnegie, and Rev. Charlie Blount, grandson, pastor of First Baptist Church, El Reno, officiating. Mr. Garrett died Friday in Lawton. He was born July 4, 1927 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, to William Arthur and Mollie Clark Garrett. He attended school in Three Sands, Oklahoma, Bramen, Oklahoma and was a 1945 graduate of Elgin High School. Following his graduation he enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and returned to Elgin after his discharge. He attended Cameron Junior College where he received his Associate Degree. He married Melva Jo McGuire on July 21, 1950 in Medicine Park, Oklahoma. He was employed by Public Service Company of Oklahoma before retiring July 16, 1994. He was also employed by Long Bell Lumber Company and Fairmont Foods. He was a man of many talents. He had his private pilot's license, was an avid hunter and fisherman, a fifty year member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 1860 in Lawton and raised Brangus cattle. He was a member of Old Primitive Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, of the home; three children and their spouses, William Arthur and Ann Garrett, Lawton, John McGuire and Robin Garrett, Faxon, and Jonita and Dr. Arthur Blount, Carnegie; eight grandchildren and their spouses, Robby and Collin Garrett, Lawton, CW2 John and Tasha Garrett, Fort Riley, Kansas, Jesse and Lisa Garrett, Lawton, and Tanner and Kaci Biggs, Lawton; Rev. Charlie and Renee Blount, El Reno, Oklahoma, Justin and Atalie Blount, Hewitt, Texas, Jared Blount and his fiancée Emilie Smith, Chattanooga, Ty and Melanie Jo Graham, Carnegie; five great grandchildren, Rylee Garrett, Kennedy Biggs, Avery, Ethan and Evan Blount; three sisters and brothers in law, Mollie and Cliff Brady, Lawton, Edna Faye and Don Davis, Edmond, and Lilian and Howard Lowe, Houston, Texas; a sister in law, Edie Self; a brother in law, Rev. Kenneth Hayes; numerous nieces and nephews. His parents, a brother and sister in law, Melvin and Marion Self, three sisters and two brothers in law, Vinita and Royden High, Annie and Robert Heck and Naomi Hayes, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1320 NW Homestead Drive, Lawton OK 73505 or to the charity of the donor's choice.