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1926 - 2009 (83 years)| Name | Joseph Lee GARNETT [2, 3] | |
| Suffix | Jr. | |
| Birth | 3 Oct 1926 | Paxville, Clarendon County, South Carolina  |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Charleston, South Carolina Joseph Lee Garnett Jr. CROSS — Joseph Lee Garnett, Jr., 83, husband of the late Sybil R. Garnett of Cross, SC, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died Sunday, November 22, 2009, in a local hospital. The relatives and friends of Joe Garnett are invited to attend his funeral service on Wednesday, November 25, 2009, in J. Henry Stuhr Inc., Mount Pleasant Chapel at eleven o’clock. Burial will follow in Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens with military honors. Friends may call at Stuhr’s Mt. Pleasant Chapel on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Mr. Garnett was born in Paxville, SC, on October 3, 1926, son of the late Joseph Lee Garnett, Sr. and Beulah Thigpen Garnett. He attended Paxville Grammer School and Manning High School. He went in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 in 1944 and retired on March 1, 1965 after serving 20 years. Following his retirement he attended Exxon Management School in Columbia, SC. He was an entrepreneur who owned and operated several area gas stations. He also had a flying business called Charleston Air at the Charleston Air Force Base, training pilots and was a member of Etiwan Lodge #95, Mt. Pleasant, Chapter Dad for Demolays, Scottish Rite, York Rite, Dorchester Shrine Club, Omar Temple, Charleston, SC, Chief Provost Guard 1978-1979 in the South Atlantic Shrine Association and was in the Provost Guard. He is survived by his daughter, Susan G. Torlay and her husband, John, of Wando, SC; two sons, David Garnett of Cross, SC, and Michael Garnett and his wife, Magda, of Alexandria, Egypt; three grandchildren, John Michael Torlay, Ibrahim Garnett and Nancy Pamela Garnett; five brothers, Thomas Garnett of McDougal, GA, Milton Garnett of Florence, SC, Dargon Garnett of New Port News, VA, Raymond Garnett of Hartsville, SC, and Jackie Garnett of Paxville, SC; six sisters, Elizabeth “Betty-Boo Boo” G. Perkins of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Evelyn G. Karoffa of Marrow, GA, Earldine G. Brown of Paxville, SC, Ruth G. Chambers of Canadys, SC, and Margaret G. Kelly of Sumter, SC. He was preceded in death by his brother, Howard Garnett and two sisters, Catherine G. Bailey and Alma Lucille Garnett. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in memory of Joseph Lee Garnett, Jr. to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, c/o Omar Shrine Temple A.A.O.N.M.S.,176 Patriots Point Street, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jhenrystuhr.com. [2, 3] | |
| Reference Number | 7492 | |
| _UID | 9BDAEB741BC74A2FB4403AE187950C95FB39 | |
| Death | 22 Nov 2009 | in a local hospital |
| Burial | 25 Nov 2009 | Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens [3] |
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| Person ID | I28121 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 17 Dec 2009 | |
| Father | Joseph Lee “Joe” GARNETT, Sr., b. 21 Aug 1898 d. 8 Apr 1966 (Age 67 years) | |
| Mother | Beulah Inez THIGPEN, b. 11 Sep 1904, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 5 Apr 1997, Sumter, South Carolina (Age 92 years) | |
| Marriage | 1924 | Manning Baptist Parsonage, Manning, SC |
| _UID | 45A629CD08B94591B3A6D892D232BEACA9E1 | |
| _UID | 45A629CD08B94591B3A6D892D232BEACA9E1 | |
| Family ID | F19728 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Sybil R. | |
| _UID | CF66C8BD9E5545F3B1544B1702FA7B4306F7 | |
| _UID | CF66C8BD9E5545F3B1544B1702FA7B4306F7 | |
| Family ID | F19794 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |
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