Individual Details

Marvin Pilyer Garrett

(10 Jan 1928 - 12 Jun 2009)

Posted at findagrave.com: Marvin Garrett, age 81 of Greenville, SC, died Friday June 12, 2009. Mr. Garrett was a native of Lexington, KY and a former resident of Pensacola. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Garrett was a longtime member of Escambia Lodge #15 where he was Past Master of the Lodge and was a Past District Deputy Grand Master of the Florida Grand Lodge. He was retired from Monsanto Corp. as a foreman, with 32 years of service. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served with the U.S. Army. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Jeanette Garrett; three daughters, Donna Credeur (Dale Goneke), Merrie Garrett and Dixie Cartmell (Tony); five grandchildren, Michelle NeSmith (Greg), Amy McGowan (Wade), Kelly Fuchs, Trent Fuchs and Amanda Cartmell; two great grandchildren, Hunter and Ashlyn NeSmith; brother, Jerry Pilyer; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Graveside service at 12:00 noon, Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at St. Johns Cemetery with Masonic Services at graveside. The family will receive friends at Faith Chapel funeral South from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16. Published in the Pensacola News Journal on 6/16/2009.

Name: Marvin Garrett
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 Jan 1928
Death Date: 12 Jun 2009
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 16 Oct 1950
Release Date 1: 15 Oct 1951
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Inscription: PFC US Army, Korea

Events

Birth10 Jan 1928Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky
Marriage11 Sep 1948Escambia Co., Florida - Jeannette Johnson
Death12 Jun 2009Simpsonville, Greenville Co., South Carolina
BurialSaint John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Escambia Co., Florida
Research Notes

Families

SpouseJeannette Johnson (1929 - )
FatherDenver Lee Pilyer Sr (1904 - 1961)
MotherLucille Irene Eades (1903 - 1935)
SiblingDenver Lee Pilyer Jr (1925 - 2006)
SiblingMary Thomas Pilyer (1930 - 1991)
SiblingWilliam Gerald "Jerry" Pilyer (1931 - 2009)
SiblingDonald O. Pilyer (1935 - )

Notes

Research Notes

Speculation as to why Marvin changed his last name. His grandfather, Wiiliam Walter Pilyer's sister Ida married a Marvin Garrett. It could be she raised him after his mother died when he was 7 years old.

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, U. S. Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

2. Kentucky Birth Index 1911-1999.

3. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Issue State: Florida; Issue Date: Before 1951.

4. Ancestry.com, Florida, County Marriages, 1823-1982 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016).

5. Find A Grave.

6. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Issue State: Florida; Issue Date: Before 1951.

7. Ancestry.com, U. S. Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

8. Ancestry.com, U. S. Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).