Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Friday, September 30, 1960

W. L. Garrett

JENA, La. -- William Leroy Garrett, 77, died at 10:30 p.m. Thursday at his residence in Jena after a long illness.

He was a retired farmer.

Survivors include his wife; one step son, J. E. Stromer of Lakeside, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Gerrish of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Etta Taylor of Los Angeles, Calif.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday from the First Baptist church of Jena, with Rev. Dave Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in the Hair Cemetery in Jena, under the direction of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home.