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Henrietta <I>Massey</I> Garton

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Henrietta Massey Garton

Birth
Death
26 Oct 2002 (aged 89)
Burial
Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.668684, Longitude: -99.927853
Plot
Sec 1 Row 28 ( Block 15 )
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OCT 28, 2002

Henrietta (Massey) Garton, 89, died Saturday at the Woodward Regional Hospital in Woodward. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Faith Baptist Church in Hollis with Rev Bill Hall and Bob Garton officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery under the direction of Patterson Greer Funeral Home.

She was born Sept. 15, 1913 in Tuska to Fred and Lela (Forbes) Massey. The family moved to Harmon County in 1928. She met Carl D. Garton and they married Jan. 30, 1932, in Mangum. He preceeded her in death Dec. 23, 1998. They had been married for 66 years.

She worked at Wilhite Cafe in Hollis for a number of years, then went to work at MacEndree Cafe until she went to work at Harmon Memorial Hospital. She retired when her health began to fail. She was a faithful member of the Faith Baptist Church.

She is survived by three of her four children, Ruth Upchurch and husband Tom, Woodward, Max Garton and wife Sarah, Pampa, Texas, and Phillip Garton and wife
Donna, Amarillo, Texas; sisters Lois True of Amarillo and Hazel Farrell of Vancouver, Oregon.

She is also survived by ten grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren; daughter-in-law Glenda Garton of Lawton and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son Don, sister Evelyn Hooks and brother Manuel Massey.
OCT 28, 2002

Henrietta (Massey) Garton, 89, died Saturday at the Woodward Regional Hospital in Woodward. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Faith Baptist Church in Hollis with Rev Bill Hall and Bob Garton officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery under the direction of Patterson Greer Funeral Home.

She was born Sept. 15, 1913 in Tuska to Fred and Lela (Forbes) Massey. The family moved to Harmon County in 1928. She met Carl D. Garton and they married Jan. 30, 1932, in Mangum. He preceeded her in death Dec. 23, 1998. They had been married for 66 years.

She worked at Wilhite Cafe in Hollis for a number of years, then went to work at MacEndree Cafe until she went to work at Harmon Memorial Hospital. She retired when her health began to fail. She was a faithful member of the Faith Baptist Church.

She is survived by three of her four children, Ruth Upchurch and husband Tom, Woodward, Max Garton and wife Sarah, Pampa, Texas, and Phillip Garton and wife
Donna, Amarillo, Texas; sisters Lois True of Amarillo and Hazel Farrell of Vancouver, Oregon.

She is also survived by ten grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren; daughter-in-law Glenda Garton of Lawton and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son Don, sister Evelyn Hooks and brother Manuel Massey.


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