MRS. EDNA FAY GILMER GARRETT

Mrs. Edna Fay Gilmer Garrett, age 88, of Thomaston Ga, died Friday, August 9, 2019, in Toccoa Ga.

Mrs. Garrett was born December 1, 1930, in Brooks county Georgia to the late Stanley B. Gilmer and Flossie L. Alexander Gilmer. She was a bus driver for Clayton County, home maker, care giver, and lifetime volunteer. Mrs. Garrett was a member of Jones Memorial Methodist Church, former member of Thomaston First United Methodist Church, member of the United Methodist Women, The Upson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary (Pink Ladies), PTA Officer, and Garden Club.

She is preceded in death by her husband Alton Thomas Garrett; sisters, Mary Annis Watkins, and Linda Joy Gilmer.  Survivors include, sons, Richard (Terri) Garrett, and Eric (Shannon) Garrett, daughter, Lisa (Boyd) Sewell, grandchildren, Heidi Sewell Mills, Matthew Garrett, Angela Sewell Neal, Emily Garrett Mariano, and Maxwell Garrett, great-grandchildren, Jameson, Clayton, and Alton Boyd Neal, Landon and Madison Mills, and Asher Garrett.

Funeral services will be Saturday, August 17, 2019 at Thomaston First United Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m..  Interment will follow at Upson Memorial Gardens.  Family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service at Thomaston First United Methodist Church.  

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Thomaston First United Methodist Church at 132 Cherokee Road, Thomaston, GA 30286, Northeast Georgia Health System Foundation at 2150 Limestone Parkway Suite 115, Gainesville,  GA 30501-9986 or NGHS.com/hospice, and Pink Ladies at Upson Regional Medical Center at 801 West Gordon St. Thomaston, GA 30286.

Coggins Funeral Home
321 Hannahs Mill Road
Thomaston, GA 30286
706-647-9681