John Garst, Jr., Enterprise, Alabama
1920 - 2007
ENTERPRISE, ALA.
Madison native John Garst, Jr. died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007, in an Enterprise, Ala., hospital. He was 87.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday at Searcy Funeral Home Chapel in Enterprise. Burial will at 10 a.m. Monday at Blakely Cemetery in Madison. The family will receive friends from 9:30 a.m. until service time, Friday, at the funeral home. The family requests that instead of flowers, memorials be made to a charity of choice.
Mr. Garst was born June 15, 1920 in Madison. He was a veteran of World War II and worked for 39 years in the Kansas and Oklahoma oil fields for Mobil Oil Co. He was a longtime member and worshiper at Healdton First United Methodist Church, Healdton, Okla.
Survivors include two daughters, Ruth Edwards and Emily Helton, both of Enterprise, Ala; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
His wife, Elizabeth; a brother, Gail Garst and a sister, Ethel Wilson, died earlier.