Grady Peter Garrett

   Cause of his death was Acute Myocardial Infarction / Arteriosclerotic Cerebro Vascular Disease.

  General Notes:

Grady was the Family Historian. He researched and compiled a Garrett Family History that is on microfilm in several libraries. Copies of the film exist in the archives, special collections, at the Roanoke College Library in Salem, VA as well as the genealogy room of the public library in the Town of Madison in Rockingham Co., N.C.

The 1930 Federal Census for Roanoke Co., Virginia, (Dist 6, page 168A) records Grady as a patient at the Catawba Sanatorium (just north of Salem, VA on Rte 311). The Catawba Hospital was founded in 1909 as the first Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Virginia.

The 1940 Federal Census for The Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, VA, District 118-180, page 2322A, dated April 8, 1940 records Grady Garrett (47 - NC) living at the Jefferson Hotel. He has completed 5 years of college and is emploied as a Public School Teacher earning $2,250 working 42 weeks during the last year.

The WWII Draft Registration Card (for men born on or after April 28, 1877 and on or before February 16, 1897) for Grady Garrett dated April 27, 1942 in Richmond, VA lists his date of birth as May 5, 1892 in Rockingham Co., NC. The person listed as the one who will always know his address is Mrs H. N. Dyer (his sister, Katherine (Kate) Elizabeth Garrett) of 205 Starling Ave. in Martinsville, VA. His physical description is 5' 9", 155 lbs with blues eyes and brown/gray hair with a light complexion.



http://www.brrl.lib.va.us/GradyGarrettIntro.htm
Family History Compiled by Grady Garrett
Donated By Mr. Horace G. Dyer

Grady Garrett was born May 5, 1892 in Rockingham County, North Carolina, died January 24, 1978 in Richmond, Virginia, the son of James Price Garrett and Anna Lee Mitchell Garrett. His family moved to Henry County, Virginia where the families organized a school in the town of Ridgeway to give their children a better education than was available in the public schools of that day.

In 1901 the oldest children in his family were ready for college, and his mother took all of the children and moved to Salem, Virginia where the oldest could attend college at Roanoke College. The younger children enrolled in the public schools of Salem and Grady graduated from Salem High School in 1910. While in high school he worked as a reporter and city editor of the Salem newspaper.

He graduated from Roanoke College and worked for the "Roanoke Times" as a reporter. In 1915 he went to the Philippine Islands and worked for ten years in the Bureau of Education. He took a leave of absence to travel and visit at home, fully expecting to return to the Philippines. On his travels he became sick and entered Catawba Sanitarium where he stayed for five years [see 1930 census record above].

In 1930 he obtained a job teaching English in Richmond, Virginia. During his summer vacation he attended Columbia University and received his masters degree. In 1940 after completing his work on graduate studies he became interested in genealogy, and during the summers he devoted his time to travel and genealogical research. When he retired in 1957 he devoted his time to genealogical research and work in organizations that he belonged to which were devoted to genealogy, education and historical preservation.

Horace G. Dyer
Nephew of Mr. Garrett

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Grady Garrett (never married)
Residence: Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, VA
Occupation: Retired School Teacher
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 85
Birth Date: 5 May 1892
Death Date: 24 Jan 1978
Death Place: Libbie Convalesant Center, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia
Burial: Manakin Episcopal Church Cemetery, Powhatan, VA
Registration Date: 2 Feb 1978
Father: James Price Garrett
Mother: Anna Mitchell
Certificate Number: 1978003561
Informant: Family Records

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Operator of Sanatorium Pumping Station while a patient at Catawba Sanatorium, Catawba, VA/ Attorney in Richmond, VA.

• Education: Roanoke College in Salem, Va. 1913 Graduate.