Waco, Texas
Dr. Robert Garrett
1926 — 2022
Dr. R. I. Garrett passed from this world on Father's Day, June 19, 2022 at 96 years of age. Bob Garrett was born on June 17, 1926 in Park Place Houston, Texas to Rev. Vernon Greenwood Garrett and Lucille Baldwin Garrett. He grew up in several Texas cities including Refugio, Carthage, Hawkins and Jacksonville, Texas. He started college at Baylor University in Waco, and then joined the Navy V12 unit during World War II. He completed his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in 1949. He married Marguerite Gaston Garrett on August 6, 1948 and they have three children. Their children and spouses are Robert I. Garrett Jr and wife Jane Huff Garrett, Peggilu Garrett Woodward...