Obit of Silas Comer Garrett - Clarke Co., AL

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Obit of Silas Comer Garrett - Clarke Co., AL  

SILAS C. GARRETT DIES IN HOSPITAL
(from the Montgomery Advertiser, Dec. 23, 1936)

Prominent Clarke Landowner and Political Leader Passes At Age of 76

Silas C. Garrett, 76, prominent Clarke County planter and political leader, died 
Tuesday at 8:45 A.M. in a Shreveport, LA hospital according to advices received here 
by relatives.  He had been ill nearly four weeks.

Stricken on Thanksgiving Day at his home in Grove Hill, Mr. Garrett was removed to 
Providence Infirmary at Mobile, later being transferred to the Shreveport hospital 
where two of his sons, Dr. C. B. Garrett and Dr. George S. Garrett are surgeons.  He 
developed pneumonia Monday and hopes for his recovery faded.

Besides the widow, other sons, and daughters survived are Coma Garrett, Jr. of 
Grove Hill, judge of probate in Clarke County; Mrs. I. T. Quinn, of Montgomery, wife 
of Alabama’s conservation commissioner; Mrs. W. B. Morton, or Thomeston, and Mrs. 
E. V. Chapman, of Grove Hill.

Funeral will be held in Grove Hill at 2 PM, Thursday.

Descended from one of Alabama’s pioneer families, Silas Comer Garrett since early 
manhood wielded a wide influence as political philosopher, and good neighbor in 
Clarke and the other counties of the First Congressional district.

He was born Dec. 14, 1860, in Wilcox County, the son of William Garrett and Emmie 
Pruitt Garrett.  His father served under the flag of the confederacy and gave his life 
for its cause.  From the family home at McWilliam’s, Mr. Garrett moved to Marengo 
County and married Georgia Erwin Jackson at Hampden on Feb. 20, 1883.  To this 
union was born seven children.

In Marengo County, Mr. Garrett acquired extensive land holdings and became a 
successful planter and livestock dealer.  He moved with his family to Thomasville, In 
Clarke County, in 1896 and later to Grove Hill, the county seat.

While a resident of Clarke County he had the distinction of being the only man ever 
elected sheriff of the county for two terms, serving first from 1907 - 1911 and the 
second time from 1915 - 1919.  He also served as a member of the Clarke County 
Draft board during the World War.

After retiring from public office, Mr. Garrett devoted most of his time to his farming 
and livestock enterprises in Clarke and Marengo Counties, but never lost his zest for 
politics and was active as a political and civic leader in Clarke County when he was 
stricken.

Although there were few political campaigns in Clarke County after the turn of the 
century in which Mr. Garrett did not take a leading part, he was known throughout 
the county as a man with no political enemies and as a champion of honesty and fair 
play.  he also befriended many Clarke County youths by providing funds for their 
education.