Verna Jean Harris Garrett

Verna Jean Harris Garrett was born in Pontiac, Michigan on April 16, 1929 to Mary Margaret Elizabeth Manning Harris and John E. Harris, Sr. Then the family moved to Lebanon, Tennessee.
Verna accepted Christ at an early age and was a faithful member of the Meharry Blvd Church of God, Sanctified for more than 50 years where she was on the Usher Board and a member of the Ladies in Blue.
She transitioned from this earthly life to eternal life on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at the Mt. Juliet Health Care Center in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.
Verna was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Hart Garrett; brothers, Robert Harris and Leonard Harris.
She leaves to cherish her memories a daughter, LaBarbara Jean Garrett Chase, Nashville, TN; sons, Tony Hart Garrett, Springfield, Ma., and Danny Maurice Garrett, Nashville, TN; grandchildren, Claude Samuel Armstrong III, Kevin Brent Armstrong, Paulonda Chanel Chase, all of Nashville; Meshawn Garrett, Mercedes Garrett, San Juan Garrett, Aamir Garrett and Amon Garrett, Springfield, MA and Antwan Hamilton, Kingston, Oklahoma; sisters, Irene Lancaster, Virginia Harlan and Myra Carthane, Lebanon, TN; brother, John E. Harris, Jr., Nashville, TN; devoted nieces, Angela Bell, Travenia Holden, and Cassandra Dooley; and a host of other nieces, nephews, cousins other relatives and friends.

Afterglow
“I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one,
I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done.
I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, of happy times,
and laughing times, and bright and sunny days.
I’d like to be remembered as one that passed this way
Spreading joy, cheer and sunshine each and everyday.
I’d like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun.
And reflect upon happy memories I leave, When life for me is done.”
-Helen Steiner Rice