LAFOURCHE and TERREBONNE PARISHES, LA. 

Obituary for: GARRISON, LEONARD, SR.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The Daily Comet, Lafourche Parish La. and Houma Today, Terrebonne 
Parish, La.

Publish Date: Published: Thursday, June 17, 2010 

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GARRISON, LEONARD, SR.

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Leonard Donald "Dick" Garrison Sr., born April, 7, 1925, in Whynot, Miss,. and 
raised in Newton, Miss., died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at his home in 
Napoleonville.

Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation from noon to 1 p.m. Friday 
at First Baptist Church of Napoleonville, 4616 Hwy 308 in Napoleonville. 
Military services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the church.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Lena Christine Neal-Garrison; one son, 
Leonard Donald Garrison Jr. "Don"; one daughter, Wanda L. Garrison-Anselmo and 
husband, Bubba; two brothers, Leland Earl Garrison and Billy Milton Garrison; 
five grandchildren, Donnie Garrison and wife, Stacie, Jaime Garrison and wife, 
Sheri, Raymond Anselmo Jr., Callie Anselmo, and Christine Anselmo-Wheelock and 
husband, Alex; and two great-grandchildren, Amelia Frances Wheelock and Elena 
Marie Wheelock.

He was preceded in death by one son, William Thomas Garrison; his father, 
William Brantley Garrison; his mother, Cora Myrtle Nichols-Garrison; two 
sisters: Bessie Majorie Garrison-Slaid and Jewel Juanita Garrison-Rainey; two 
brothers, Cleo Brantley Garrison and Walter Leon Garrison; his daughter-in-law, 
Martha Pope Garrison; one grandchild, Baby Anselmo; and two great-grandchildren, 
Lillian Brooks Wheelock and Garrison Thomas Wheelock.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Napoleonville. He was an outdoor 
sportsman who loved to hunt and fish and was an avid golfer who enjoyed playing 
golf. He was a sergeant in the 1045th Army Air Force Base Unit where he served 
four years, two months and six days. He received the American Defense Service 
Medal, The American Theater Service Medal and The Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal 
while in the service and was honorably discharged Oct. 7, 1945. As a World War 
II veteran, he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He also worked for 
a gas company in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. After working for 35 years he 
retired to Napoleonville.

Pallbearers will be Donnie Garrison, Jaime Garrison, Raymond Anselmo, Alex 
Wheelock, Jerry Garrison, and Jimmy Garrison.

"For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor 
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, 
nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of 
God which is in the Christ Jesus Our Lord." Romans 8:38-39

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Amedisys 
Hospice Services in Gonzales, La.

Thibodaux Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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