Ms. Mary Elizabeth Garrett

Ms. Mary Elizabeth Garrett, age 65, departed this earthly life and transitioned on Feb 24, 2022, in Los Angeles, California at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with burial to follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mary Elizabeth Garrett was born on May 15, 1956, in Birmingham, Alabama, to the late Jethro Hall and Dorothea Mae Scott-Garrett. Mary became a resident of Shelbyville, TN at an early age. She was a graduate of the class of 1974 from Shelbyville Central High School. In 1976, she relocated to Los Angeles, California, to visit with her maternal grandmother, Janie Mitchell Scott Johnson. Life was so boundless in Los Angeles, that she decided to make it her permanent home of residence. She resided in Los Angeles for 45 years. While in California she decided to further her education and completed her degree in Paralegal Studies at Los Angeles City College. Her degree directly correlated with her passion for law. She applied her new skills/knowledge as a dedicated Paralegal for 18 years, with the Wilson-Elser Law Firm, in Los Angeles, California. In her downtime, she enjoyed spending time with family, friends, eating at a good restaurant, football (she was infatuated with the Pittsburg Steelers), and traveling. Overall, traveling was her highlight. She traveled throughout the United States on numerous occasions, and abroad to Canada, England, Terceira, Azores, Portugal (where she visited her niece Monek three times in the matter of two years), as well as Lisbon, Portugal. In California she was known as Mary; however, to everyone in Shelbyville she was known as “Tiny.”, due to being so little at birth. She’s preceded in death two brothers George “Rooster” Garrett and Henry “Hucky” Garrett. She leaves to cherish her memories her brothers James Lawson Garrett, Charles (Sarah) Garrett, a sister Doris Ann Garrett-Knox, all of Shelbyville. A dearly beloved niece Tonesha “Nikki” Monek Garrett and great-nephew Malik Keshaun Booker of Montgomery, Alabama, and a host of nieces, nephews, great-nephew, friends (cherished Leanna Buchanan-Fishback), and coworkers. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Ms. Mary Elizabeth Garrett

May 16, 1956 - February 26, 2022