Edmond Hoyt Garrett (Buster), 85, a resident of Jekyll Island GA, died March 16, 2010 at Hospice of the Golden Isles in Brunswick.

Mr. Garrett was born in 1925 to Harold and Margret Garrett. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the US Army in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe and received the Purple Heart.

Mr. Garrett had been a resident of Jekyll Island for the past 25 years. He was a graduate of Greenbrier Military School and he loved the Old Stone Presbyterian Church and the people of the Greenbrier Valley, WV. He was a graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College and West Virginia University.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a son Mike Garrett of Bell, PA.
Survivors are his wife of 62 years, Mrs. Sue Hefner Garrett of Jekyll Island; tow children, Mitch Garrett of Bridgeport, WV and Marty Bumgarner (Dana) of Orlando, FL; and a sister, Betty Schmidt (Don) of Dothan, AL.

A memorial Service will be held at a later date.

The family request in lieu of flowers , contributions may be made to the Hospice of the Golden Isles, 1692 Glynco Parkway, Brunswick, GA 31520.

Edo Miller and Sons and Oglethorpe Crematorium are in charge of local arrangements.