Vivian Irene (ROLAND) GARRETT
Page last updated 25 January 2026.
Kacie's Photography, 2017.
Birth: 21 August 1902 in Piscataway, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Death: 2 August 1944 in Washington, D.C.
Burial: 4 August 1944 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot G-4
Headstone Text: VIVIAN ROLAND / GARRETT / 1902 – 1944 / REST IN PEACE
Parents: George Milton ROLAND and Rose Etta ROLAND (m. RAUM)
Parents’ Children:
- Infant ROLAND
- Vivian Irene GARRETT (m. ROLAND)
- George Ralph ROLAND
- Milton Edwin ROLAND
- Alvin M. ROLAND
- Maurice John ROLAND
Spouse: Edwin Willis GARRETT
Marriage: 20 December 1921 in Washington, D.C.
Children:
- Mary Rosetta SCHEYTT (m. GARRETT)
- Edwin Roland GARRETT
- Marjorie GARRETT
Employment: Vivian was a Housewife.
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. Buried in the Old Providence cemetery is: her Infant sibling.
The church had this headstone uprighted after it fell October 2024.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33210212), FamilySearch website (#LX44-76L), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Documents Include: Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter survey; Evening Star -- deaths reported, obituary; Prince George’s County Genealogical Society -- Murray Funeral Home Records, Stones and Bones; Providence Methodist Church Record of Cemetery Trustee.
Abbreviation Key:
m. = maiden name
