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Edwin Willis GARRETT

Page last updated 25 January 2026.

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Birth:  9 August 1896 in Landmark, Fauquier County, Virginia
Death:  19 January 1990 in Washington, D.C.
Burial:  Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot G-6a (see * below)
Headstone Text:  EDWIN W. / GARRETT / AUG. 9, 1896 / JAN. 19, 1990 / AT REST

* Plot G-6 has 2 headstones, thus the reason for G-6a and G-6b. The Plot is shared by Edwin and his son, Edwin.

Parents:  John Daniel GARRETT and Mary Rebecca GARRETT (m. ELGIN)
Parents’ Children: 

• Nannie Berry BRIDWELL (m. GARRETT)
• John William GARRETT
• Rebecca Hannah PROCTOR (m. GARRETT)
• Mary Virginia GARRETT
• Edwin Willis GARRETT
• Daniel B. GARRETT
• Kate E. GARRETT

Spouse:  Vivian Irene ROLAND
Marriage:  20 December 1921 in Washington, D.C.
Children: 

• Mary Rosetta SCHEYTT (m. GARRETT)
• Edwin Roland GARRETT
• Marjorie GARRETT

 
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  Edwin and Vivian have separate headstones in Plots G-4 and G-6a. Also buried in this cemetery are: their son -- Edwin; her parents -- George and Rose; her step-mother -- Agnes; her grandparents -- George and Martha; her brothers and sister-in-law -- Milton, George and Teresia.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#40720866), FamilySearch website (#LVH1-9D7), and family records.
 
Documents Include: Providence Methodist Church Record of Cemetery Trustee.
 
Abbreviation Key:  
​m. = maiden name
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