Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Garnett, Theodore Stanford, Jr. January 14, 1948
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Virginian-Pilot January 15, 1948
Theodore Stanford Garnett, Norfolk attorney for more than four decades and 
prominent Episcopal churchman, died yesterday at 2:30 a.m. at General Hospital 
after a long illness. He was 72 years old.
A lifelong resident of this city, he made his home with his wife at 702 Redgate 
Avenue.
After attending Norfolk Academy, Episcopal High School and the University of 
Virginia, he followed his father, a judge, in the practice of law. In 1899, he 
joined the firm of Garnett and Garnett, and later was associated with Morris, 
Garnett and Cotton, with Hicks, Morris, Garnett and Tunstall and with Garnett, 
Taylor and Edwards.
He served as vice president and trust officer of the Guaranty Title and Trust 
Corporation and later as receiver. After liquidation of the company, he was 
associated with Albert M. Edwards and maintained law offices at the Citizens 
Bank Building.
				Active Churchman
Long active in religious services, he served both as junior and senior warden in 
the vestry of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, of which he was a member when he 
died. In addition, he was on the board of trustees of the Protestant Episcopal 
Theological Seminary and of the Protestant Episcopal High School.
His busy civic life saw him active in many fields. He was largely instrumental 
in organizing the Seashore State Park some years ago and handled all legal 
aspects of the project.
Displaying an early interest in all types of sports, he was at one time chairman 
of the City Recreation Commission. He was particularly fond of baseball, having 
been a star first baseman with the University of Virginia team. A top golfer in 
his day, he coveted his membership in the Hole-in-One Club.
				Civil War Authority
Fishing and hunting were also favorite pastimes with Mr. Garnett, but his real 
hobby was Civil War history, on which he was recognized as an authority.
An active member of the Kiwanis Club for many years, he once served as club 
president. He was secretary-treasurer of the Mary Ludlow Home; treasurer of the 
Boush-Plume Corporation, and a former member of the board of trustees of the 
Norfolk Public Library. At the University of Virginia, he was a member of the 
Delta Kappa Epsilon social fraternity.
In 1901, he was married to Miss Eleanor Colville Randolph, who survives. Her 
father, Bishop Alfred Magill Randolph, of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of 
Southern Virginia, performed the marriage ceremony.
He was the son of the late Judge Theodore Stanford Garnett, Jr., and Mrs. Emily 
Eyre Baker Garnett.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Theodore Stanford Garnett, IV, of 
Norfolk, and Dr. Alfred Randolph Garnett, of New York City; one daughter, Mrs. 
Eleanor Randolph Garnett Ruffin, of Norfolk; and a nephew, William E. Huger, of 
Atlanta.
Private funeral services will be held today at 3 p.m. Burial will be in Elmwood 
Cemetery.

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