Evelyn Burnett Garrett (Jennings) Obituary (1948

Evelyn Burnett (Jennings) Garrett passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by loving family in Midlothian TX. on Wednesday June 16, 2021 at the age of 72. Evelyn was born on August 5, 1948 to Elbert Namon Jennings & Ora Della (Morgan) Jennings in Olney, TX. Evelyn was raised along with her siblings Fay, Frank, Edwin, Alvin, Ray & Kay in Olney and Follette TX. She graduated from Olney high school in 1966 where she was a member of FHA and took third in districts for Shorthand. On January 31, 1975 Evelyn joined Joel Arthur Garrett I in marriage. Together they have six children, Robert Ketcherside, Clayton Ketcherside, Tamra Ellis (Sonney), Terry Garrett ( Kristin), Joel Garrett II, and LaVonne Arent (Sean) They also have nine grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. Evelyn and Joe spent the majority of their life together in Midlothian where she worked as a morning cook at DT's restaurant, then worked at Midtex until she retired in December of 2016. When Evelyn wasn't working she enjoyed sewing, baking, gardening and crocheting. She baked the wedding cakes for the kids but her true talent and passion was sewing. If you saw an article of clothing, you could describe it to her, she'd draw herself a pattern and sew you up a new outfit. She truly loved making clothes for herself and her family. She volunteered to make costumes for The City Actors in Graham, TX for their production of The Sound of Music, and the list like this goes on. Evelyn was proceeded in death by her parents, brothers Alvin Jennings, Edwin Jennings and Frank Jennings, nephew Gene Brown and her mother-in-law Elsie Fern (Adcock) Garrett In lieu of flowers Evelyn has requested memorials be sent to the National Cancer Society (cancer.org) or to St. Judes (stjude.org) A special THANK YOU from the family to Sara Denny and all the wonderful, supportive staff at Heart to Heart Hospice "She'd Simply Been Strong Too Long"