Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Garrett, Henry Flood Madison August 13, 2001
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise - Aug 13, 2001
Prominent Doctor Henry Flood Madison Garrett died at Morehouse General Hospital
on Monday, Aug. 13, 2001, following a very lengthy and courageous battle with
pancreatic cancer.

Dr. Garrett was born Sept. 17, 1927, in Monroe, La., to Judge David Isaiah and
Lessie Madison Garrett. He graduated from Ouachita High School. He completed
pre-med requirements at Tulane University in New Orleans and graduated from the
University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis, Tenn., in 1949. He interned
at Charity Hospital at Louisiana at New Orleans. After graduation from the
University of Tennessee Medical School, Dr. Garrett became the youngest
practicing MD in the United States, at that time, being only 21 years old.

Dr. Garrett also graduated from the U.S. Naval School of Aviation Medicine and
while on assigned duty at the U.S. Air Station in Memphis, he assisted the
United States Public Health Service in an on-going polio evaluation and
management program. He served the U.S. Navy as Flight Surgeon and Senior United
States Naval Medical Officer aboard the Aircraft Carrier Essex during the Korean
War. He was active in the Naval Reserve after active duty and retired as a
Captain after 45 years of service. He was awarded the Korean Service Medal. He
has served as past president of the Morehouse Parish Medical Society, Chief of
Staff of Morehouse General Hospital, Coroner of Morehouse Parish, Director of
the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians, Medical Director of Morehouse Parish
branch of the American Heart Association.

Dr. Garrett was a supporter of the Boy and Girl Scouts of America, The Nursing
Scholarship Fund, the Bastrop Chamber of Commerce, a sponsor of the American
Legion Boys and Girls State, and numerous other local charitable organizations
and activities in Morehouse Parish. He is a member of the American Legion, La
Societe Des 40 Hommes et 8 (Forty and Eight), Charter Fellow of Family
Physicians, American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association,
Louisiana State Medical Society, Association of Military Surgeons, Association
of Aviation Medicine, Association of Aerospace Medicine, The Retired Officers
Association, The Reserve Officers Association. He was also a 32nd Degree Mason,
a member of the Morehouse Parish Shrine Club and Barak Temple and the Jesters.

Dr. Garrett was selected as the 1998 Family Doctor of the Year by the Louisiana
Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Flood Garrett has been practicing family
medicine in Bastrop since 1954.

Dr. Garrett was known best for his love and compassion towards his fellow man
regardless of a person's economic status, race or creed. His Christianity was
shown by the life that he lived in caring for others.

Dr. Garrett was predeceased by his father and mother, Judge David Isaiah and
Lessie Garrett, and a brother, David I. Garrett Jr.

He is survived by his wife, Sandra Stephens Farrell Garrett; two sons, Henry
Flood Madison (Matt) Garrett and his wife Sherry of Granby, Connecticut, and
Jason Charles Farrell and wife Shelley of Jackson, Miss.; a daughter, Carre
Elizabeth (Beth) Nesheim and her husband Eric of Manassas, Virginia; two
granddaughters, Corre Katherine Nesheim and Tiffany Ashtyn Farrell; and a very
special friend, Edward Earl (Rob) Vanderford.

Funeral services are slated for Wednesday, Aug. 15, at 2 p.m. at Christ
Episcopal Church in Bastrop with the Rev. Herman Ogea and the Rev. Katherine
Doherty-Ogea officiating. Visitation will be held today, Tuesday, from 5 p.m.
until 9 p.m. at the Golden Funeral Home in Bastrop. Interment will be at Christ
Church Cemetery in Bastrop.

Pallbearers will be C.E. Snyder, Don Yeldell, Frank Messinger, Goodwin Gladney,
Jim Benbrook, Van Lee, Rob Vanderford and Ross Downs.

Honorary pallbearers are members of the Morehouse Parish Shrine Club, The
Jesters, Medical Staff of Morehouse General Hospital, Fred Landry and Babe Spann.

For those who wish, memorials may be made to Christ Episcopal Church, P.O. Box
52, Bastrop, La. 71220-0052 or to the charity of the donor's choice.

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