Garland Ray “Big-Un” Barrett, 70, of Sour Lake, Texas was born January 16, 1935 to Charlie Barrett and Minnie Pearl Perkins Barrett. He passed away on Monday, December 12, 2005 at Methodist Hospital at Willow Brook – Houston.
He was a resident of Sour Lake for the past twenty years. He retired from Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Maintenance Department. Garland also worked with Hardin-Jefferson I.S.D. after moving to Sour Lake. Garland was in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. He is preceded in death by his father, Charlie Barrett and his wife, Casey Barrett.
He is survived by his mother, Minnie Pearl Bottoms of DeKalb; daughters, Glenda Barrett and her husband, Curtis Watson of Houston, Debbie Boyd and her husband, Leonard of Houston, Robbie King and her husband, Rick of Houston, Rae Jean Blair and her husband John of Porter, and Ramona Phillips and her husband, Daniel of Jefferson, Georgia; brother, Rodney Barrett and wife, Eunice of Orange; sister, Connie Shelton of Texarkana, Texas; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Garland was also survived by his special baby, “Sugar.”
Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 16, 2005 at Broussard’s, 530 W. Monroe, Kountze, Texas with burial at Rosedale Cemetery in Sour Lake. A gathering of family and friends will be 10:00 a.m.. until service time, Friday, December 16, 2005.
Memorial contributions may be made in Garlands memory to
The Leukemia Society of America, Texas Gulf Coast Chapter, 10777 Northwest Freeway, Suite 600, Houston, Texas 77092-7321.