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Bonnie Eudora Elinor (Robertson) Garrett (1907 - 1991)

Bonnie Eudora Elinor Garrett formerly Robertson
Born in Oklahoma, USAmap
Daughter of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 8 May 1928 in Erick, Beckham, Oklahoma, USAmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 84 in Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, USAmap
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Biography

Bonnie was born in Oklahoma in 1907 to Wiley Wadsworth Robertson and Beatrice Nixon Clayton. Her father died when she was 9 and her widowed mother moved the family to Texas by 1920. They returned to Oklahoma by 1928, the year Bonnie married Walter Cyrus Garrett at age 21. Her husband served in the Navy during WWII. Sometime afterwards, they moved to New Mexico where she passed away in 1991 at 84 years old.

OBITUARY

Published in the Clovis News Journal, Tuesday, May 14, 1991.

Services for Bonnie R. Garrett, 84, Clovis, were held at 10 a.m. today at Texico Baptist Church in Texico. The Revs. Joel Horne and Bob Brown officiated.

Burial was at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Steed-Todd Funeral Home handled arrangements.

Garrett died Sunday, May 12, at Clovis High Plains Hospital. She was born May 1, 1907, in Oklahoma territory.

She was a school teacher and married Walter c. Garrett May 8, 1928 in Erick, Okla. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Farmington and of Delta Gamma Sorority of Educators.

She is survived by her husband, Walter C. Garrett, of the home; three daughters, Charlotte Tignor of Erick, Okla., Shirley Lassiter of Clovis and Opal v. Goble of Albuquerque; one son, S. Jerry Garret of Farmington; 15 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.

Casket bearers are Earl James Tignor, Cameron Goble, Walter C. Garrett IV, Lonzo Lassiter, Stanley Lassiter and Kerry Lallister.

Timeline

  • 1907 May 1 - Birth - Oklahoma
  • 1910 United States Federal Census[1] - Madge, Harmon, Oklahoma, USA
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceMar
Stat		Occupation
William W RobertsonHeadM27TexasMFarmer
Beckie S V RobertsonWifeF27GeorgiaM
Beckie E RobertsonDaughterF2OklahomaS


  • 1920 United States Federal Census[2] - Justice Precinct 5, Brown, Texas
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceMar
Stat		Occupation
Beatrice RobertsonHeadF36GeorgiaWdSchool Teacher
Bonnie E RobertsonDaughterF12OklahomaSAt School


  • 1928 May 8 - Marriage to Walter Cyrus Garrett - Erick, Beckham, Oklahoma[3]
    • Name: Bonnie Robertson
    • Gender: Female
    • Age: 21
    • Birth Date: abt 1907
    • Marriage Date: 9 May 1928
    • Marriage Place: Beckham, Oklahoma, USA
    • Spouse: Walter C Garrett
    • Film Number: 001312937
  • 1930 United States Federal Census[4] - Erick, Beckham, Oklahoma
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceMar
Stat		Occupation
Walter C GarrettHeadM23OklahomaMCarpenter
Bonnie GarrettWifeF22OklahomaM
Charlotte Nell GarrettDaughterF1OklahomaS
Beatrice RobertsonMother-
in-law		F47GeorgiaWdRural School
Teacher


  • 1940 United States Federal Census[5] - Richland, Beckham, Oklahoma - Highest Grade Completed: College, 3rd year
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceMar
Stat		Occupation
W C GarrettHeadM33OklahomaMLivestock
farmer
B R GarrettWifeF32OklahomaM
Charlotte GarrettDaughterF11OklahomaSAt School
Shirley GarrettDaughterF9OklahomaS
Walt GarrettSonM7OklahomaS
Jerome GarrettSonM2OklahomaS
Bea RobertsonMother-in-lawF58GeorgiaWd


  • 1991 May 12 - Death - Clovis, Curry, New Mexico[6]
    • Name Bonnie R. Garrett
    • Last Residence Clovis, 88101, Curry, New Mexico, USA
    • Born 1 May 1907
    • Died 12 May 1991
    • State (Year) SSN issued New Mexico - 1951
  • 1991 May 15 - Burial - Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico[7]

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML78-V3Y : accessed 26 December 2019), Beckie E Robertson in household of William W Robertson, Madge, Harmon, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 129, sheet 5A, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1253; FHL microfilm 1,375,266.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHY5-YLY : accessed 26 December 2019), Bonnie E Robertson in household of Beatrice Robertson, Justice Precinct 5, Brown, Texas, United States; citing ED 13, sheet 9B, line 77, family 180, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1782; FHL microfilm 1,821,782.
  3. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV2S-8L7 : 4 November 2017), Walter C Garrett and Bonnie Robertson, 09 May 1928; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQT-Y9R : accessed 3 December 2019), Walter C Garrett, Erick, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 14B, line 66, family 324, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1893; FHL microfilm 2,341,627.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBJZ-RZS : 27 July 2019), W C Garrett, Richland Township, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-18, sheet 3B, line 56, family 52, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3276.
  6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1YT-73K : 19 May 2014), Bonnie R Garrett, 12 May 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #104896519




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