OBITUARIES: In Memory GARRETT, Annie Sue
Ms. Annie “Sue” Mccord Garrett, age 90, of Rome, GA, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at a local nursing home.
Ms. Garrett was born in Horton, AL on May 2, 1930, daughter of the late John Henry Mccord and the late Maxie Margaret Abernathy Mccord. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, William Hobert Garrett, and by 7 siblings, Ruth Mccord, Berchie Popham, Collie McCord, Curtis Mccord, Norton Mccord, J. C. Mccord and Tommy Mccord. Ms. Garrett worked at Trend Carpet Mills as a Reel Operator for 15 years and was also a homemaker. She was a member of Mcfall Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Gail Elaine Black (David), Rome; a son, William “Humpy” Hobert Garrett, Jr. (Lynn), Cave Spring; 4 grandchildren, Kayla Kirstine (Joe), Villa Rica, Brandy Alexander (Brandon), Rome, Alicia Johnson (Matt James), Rome, and Michelle White, Cave Spring; 9 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Ms. Garrett will be held at 1pm on Friday, November 20, 2020, at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, with - ciating. Interment will follow in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. Social distancing guidelines will be followed.
The family will receive friends on Friday from 11am until 12:45pm at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel. Social distancing guidelines will be followed.
Pallbearers are to assemble at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Friday by 12:30 pm and include: Active: Joe Kirstine, Brandon Alexander, Matthew James and Jerry Carr; Honorary: Craig Roland.
Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of funeral arrangements. tain their own version of success. The American Dream is risk-taking, and hard work, rather than by chance.” (Barone, 2020) Jerry Hubbard epitomized the “American Dream”.
Jerry was a man of great intelligence and integrity with a kind, loving and generous spirit as well as a clever humor. Jerry grew up poor but loved in Gastonia, NC, where he lived with his mother and grandparents, all devout Christians, who worked in the local cotton mill. They did not have much but were hardworking and grateful for everything they had. Few from Jerry’s high school were able to go to college but Jerry was brilliant, determined and athletic and this combination got him a football scholarship to Duke University, where he studied accounting and met Patsy, the love of his life. After graduating from Duke in 1957, and a period of service in the U.S. Army, Jerry and Patsy moved to New York where Jerry worked for Arthur Anderson as an accountant. A few years later, he got his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill before returning to Arthur Anderson in Atlanta, GA.
Jerry and Patsy moved to Rome, Georgia in 1965 for Jerry to work for Trend Mills, a carpet manufacturing company, where he was Assistant Controller. Seeing opportunity in this industry, but deciding that he could do it better, Jerry joined with business partner, Bill Carroll and they started Marglen Industries, Inc. He and Patsy invested all their savings and Marglen Industries was born in their dining room in 1971. By the late 1990s, Marglen was vertically integrated from the recycling of 100 Million plastic bottles carpet, and every step in between, employing over 1,000 people. Having come from a family of factory workers, Jerry appreciated the needs of his employees and always strived to take good care of them. A new worker entering would often hear the story of its founder and his “rags to riches” story and what a remarkable man he was.
Jerry served on the boards of the First National Bank of Rome and State Mutual Insurance of Rome. He served the Floyd County Hospital Authority, The First United Methodist Church, and is a Life Trustee at Darlington School.
In addition to his service looked for ways to give back-from donations to the small Methodist church where he grew up to camp programs for youth in need. He remembered the time he got to go to church camp through such a donation and how this opportunity changed him and inspired his spiritual life. Jerry gave generously to the First United Methodist Church of Rome; Darlington School, where he created the Amanda Hubbard Decosterd Scholarship fund in memory of his daughter; CARE, the international relief and development agency; and Duke University, where he endowed a professorship and teaching award.
Jerry always had a competitive spirit and was an avid golfer and tennis player in his 40s, 50s and 60s. When he had to give up sports due to health problems, he found a competitive outlet in Bridge playing and, in his 70s, quickly achieved a Bronze Life Master ranking.
After selling his company in 1998, Patsy and Jerry spent their winters in Florida where they had a home, and 6 months a year in their beloved Rome, GA.
This humble man, from humble beginnings, always reminded his children that their success would not have been possible without Patsy by his side. He worked hard and risked much so that he could build a better life for his family and give back to his community. At the same time, he always put family - fore sunrise to work, but always tried to make it home for family dinner. He inspired his children and many around him to see what they could be in his own relatable way. This “American Dreamer” will continue to inspire through the many lives that he has touched.
A memorial service will be held outside of the Rome City Mausoleum on Saturday, November 21st at noon. An outdoor reception will follow for family and friends at the Coosa Country Club. Due to Covid-19, masks and social distancing will be followed at both venues. The service will also be available via live stream on the Daniel’s Funeral home Facebook page- www.facebook.com/ danielsfunerals.com In lieu be made to the First United Methodist Church, 202 E Third Ave., Rome, Ga. 30161, or Darlington School, 1014 Cave Spring Rd., Rome, Ga., 30161
“All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, and any one supposed, and luckier.” — Walt Whitman