He married first Louise Lauantyne Burns on August 24, 1951 in Gonzales, Texas.[1]
He married second Erma (Shows) Elder on August 2, 1968 in Victoria, Texas.[2]
Sources
↑ Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1H-2MFV : accessed 23 November 2018), Thomas Benard Garrett and Louise Burns Senter, 24 Aug 1951, Marriage; citing Gonzales, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 1,995,005.
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Texas Marriages, 1966-2010," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTYS-W91 : 6 December 2014), Thomas Benard Garrett and Erma Marie Shows, 02 Aug 1968; citing Victoria, Texas, United States, certificate number 088957, Vital Statistics Unit, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin.
United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5GM-6N2 : accessed 23 November 2018), Thomas Garrett in household of Harry Garrett, Precinct 6, DeWitt, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 4B, line 75, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2324; FHL microfilm 2,342,058.
United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJNF-962R : 16 May 2014), Thomas Benard Garrett, Residence, Yoakum, Texas, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JV5S-VJ6 : 5 December 2014), Thomas Benard Garrett, Victoria, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK5-MN3X : 13 December 2015), Thomas Benard Garrett, 1997; Burial, Edna, Jackson, Texas, United States of America, Memory Gardens of Edna Cemetery; citing record ID 47143859, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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