Joseph Walton Garrett Jr.

  General Notes:

On page 238 from the book:
WILLIAM SWIFT, CLERGYMAN
HIS ANCESTORS AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS
AND CONNECTIONS
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COMPRISING PARTIAL RECORDS OF THE SWIFT, DUKE,
GARRETT, SIMSPON, AND ALLIED FAMILIES IN ENGLAND,
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA
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BY
VANCE E. SWIFT
1980
Joseph Walton Garrett, Jr., born 1911, Rockingham County, N.C., son of Joseph Walton Garrett (1858 - 1947) advised this writer that he is the grandson of Bollen Garrett whose home was located near the town of Madison in Rockingham County, N.C. Joseph Walton Garrett, Jr. stated that he practiced law in Madison and in Reidsville, N.C.; that he served in the N.C. House of Representatives during the 1937, 1939, and 1941 sessions. He further stated that he served for a period of time as a member of the N.C. Parole Board. And then as Commissioner of Revenue for North Carolina until his retirement a few years past. He and his wife, Edythe (Holloway), now reside at 4305 Pamlico Drive, Raleigh, N.C. They have one child, a daughter, Elizabeth (Garrett) Ludden, who lives in a distant state.

  Research Notes:

From NORTH CAROLINA MANUAL
THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
THE COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINIANA
1971 C.2
UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILL
... Wake Forest College, LL.B. degree, 1932. Member American As-
sociation of Motor Vehicle Administrators; President of South-
ern Region of American Association of Motor Vehicle Adminis-
trators, 1948-1949. Member of Rotary Club of Raleigh. Presi-
dent of Bi-State Professional Baseball League 1938, 1939 and
1940. Representative in the General Assembly, Special Sessions
of 1936 and 1938, Regular Sessions of 1937, 1939 and 1941.
Staff Sergeant N, C. National Guard, Company G, 105th Medical
Regiment, 30th Division, May 1943-September 14, 1940. Inducted
in National Guard with regular army in same company, September
16, 1940, until medical discharge November 6, 1940. Member
First Baptist Church of Raleigh; Deacon and former Secretary of
Board of Deacons; General Superintendent of Sunday School.
Married Edythe Carolyn Holloway, October 2, 1943. One daughter,
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Garrett Ludden. Address 4305 Pamlico Drive,
Raleigh, N. C.

Joseph married Edythe Carolyn Holloway, daughter of Cecil Henry Holloway and Mary Elizabeth Lumsden, on 2 Oct 1943 in Raleigh, N.C. (Edythe Carolyn Holloway was born on 19 May 1911 in Raleigh, N.C, died on 26 Apr 1999 in Midlothian, Chesterfield Co., VA. and was buried on 30 Apr 1999 in Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh, Wake Co., N.C..)