JAMES “JIM” GARRETT, SR., 79, A NATIVE OF HENRIETTA, OKLAHOMA AND A RESIDENT OF HOUMA, LA DIED NOVEMBER 18, 2010.,
VISITATION WILL BE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2010 FROM 6:00 PM UNTIL 10:00 PM AT CHAUVIN FUNERAL HOME AND MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2010 FROM 9:00 AM UNTIL 12:30 PM AT CHAUVIN FUNERAL HOME, INC..FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2010 AT 1:00 PM AT ST. FRANCIS DE SALES CATHEDRAL WITH BURIAL IN ST. FRANCIS #1 CEMETERY.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE CAROLYN DOIRON GARRETT OF HOUMA, THREE DAUGHTERS BERNADETTE AND HUSBAND FRANCIS LUKE, LISA ANN AND HUSBAND HUEY LEBOEUF JR., AND CINDY SARTIN. 11 GRANDCHILDREN CAROLYN MARIE AND HUSBAND STEWART PHILLIPS OF YORK,S.C., BRENT LUKE AND WIFE AMY, BRYAN LUKE AND WIFE MELISSA, AMANDA LEBOEUF TWINER AND HUSBAND JOEY, COREY LUKE, MICHAEL SARTIN AND WIFE JENNIFER, BRADY LEBOEUF, SCOTTY LUKE, ASHLEY SARTIN BLANCHARD AND HUSBAND KYLE, KATIE SARTIN, AND CHRISTOPHER LEBOEUF ALL OF HOUMA; 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN JACK,SYDNEY, AND SAM PHILLIPS OF YORK,S.C., MALLORY, BABY BRENT, ALEXIS, CODY, DRE’,AND KYLI LUKE, JANSEN, KADE AND RAGEN TWINER, CHLOE, GAVIN, LOGAN SARTIN AND ISABELLA BLANCHARD ALL OF HOUMA.
HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS JOHN W. AND MINNIE M. HOTCHKIS GARRETT, TWO BROTHERS BOYD AND BILL GARRETT, THREE SISTERS BOBBIE BLANCHARD, LUCILLE JOHNSON AND FRANCES NICOTRA, TWO SONS JIMMY AND JOHNNY GARRETT, ONE SON-IN-LAW DEAN SARTIN AND ONE GRANDSON JOEY GARRETT. HE WORKED FOR HALLIBURTON FOR 23 YEARS AND RETIRED FROM BJ. SERVICES TOOL DEPT. IN HOUMA.
HE WAS A U.S. ARMY VETERAN OF THE KOREAN WAR, A MEMBER OF THE WEST HOUMA LIONS CLUB, AND A PAST DUKE OF THE KREWE OF FLAMES CARNIVAL CLUB. HIS HOBBIES WERE PLAYING THE GUITAR AND SINGING WITH HIS FRIENDS, CAMPING, HUNTING AND FISHING. HE WAS A HANDYMAN AND CRAFTSMAN.
HE WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER, AND GRANDFATHER. HE WAS A PARISHIONER OF ST.FRANCIS DE SALES CATHEDRAL.