Jessie Lee Garrett
Jessie Lee Garrett, age 97, of California, Mo., formerly of Lupus,
passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2019, at California Care
Center.
Jessie was born on August 10, 1922, in Lupus, Mo. to Herbert
Howe and Ruth Howe.
After graduating 8th grade from the Lupus one
room school, she then attended Jamestown High
School.
On August 31, 1940, Jessie was married to
Wallace "Chat" Garrett by Rev. Gordan Carpenter
at the Baptist Parsonage in Centertown.
She was the last of her generation in both the
Howe and Garrett families. She was a member of
the Lupus Community Club, making quilts and
lap robes. Currently, Jessie was the oldest and a life-long member of
the Lupus Baptist Church, baptized in 1934, in Splice Creek. She
loved watching wildlife and could shoot a snake out of a tree and it
would fall out in two pieces. She was a past member of the Rebekah's Club. She was a good old-fashioned cook. Going to the
beauty shop each week was very important to her. Time spent with
her family was cherished by Jessie.
Jessie is survived by one son, Lupus Garrett (Peter Rosenbaum);
two daughters, Ruthie Allen and Rita Cahill (Dennis); six
grandchildren, Terry Allen, Sherry Anderson (Rodney), April
Stegeman (Rory), Amber Bolin, Andra Pardoe, Aleah Pardoe (Seth
Fulks); three stepgrandchildren, Tanya Rollins, (Justin), Monica
Lefler (Michael), and Jessica Davis (Nick); 11 great-grandchildren;
seven step-great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and
one step-great-great-great- granddaughter; and many nieces,
nephews and cousins.
Along with her parents and husband, Jessie was preceded in
death by one brother, William Howe; two sisters, Fern Reichel and
Mary Fullrich; one son-in law, Jerry Allen and her life-long best
friend, Erlene Cox.
Services for Jessie Garrett were held on Wednesday, August 21,
2019, at 2:00 p.m. at Lupus Baptist Church with Rev. Tim
Redmond officiating. Burial followed at Mt. Zion Cemetery near
Jamestown.
Memorials were suggested to the Lupus Baptist Church or Mt.
Zion Cemetery Association.
Online messages to the family may be contributed at www.windmillridgefuneralservice.com.
Published August 28, 2019