July 18, 1951 - June 21, 2008

Robert Lee Garrett, Jr., age 56 of Keck Road, Butler, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 3:35 p.m. in the Autumn Grove Care Center. 

Born July 18, 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland he was the son of the late Robert Lee Garrett, Sr. and the late Doris Losiewski Garrett Forbis. 

Mr. Garrett was a self-employed general contractor.  He was a veteran of the United States Army during the Vietnam War.  Mr. Garrett was a former member of the Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Department, and was an avid Steeler fan. 

Mr. Garrett is survived by his wife, Roberta H. Sexton Garrett, by one daughter, Lisa Fay Dickerson of Moberly, Missouri; one son, Jason Sexton of Butler, Pennsylvania; eight grandchildren; one sister, Debbie Pollard, one brother, Jerry Garrett, both of Missouri; by his step-father, Wayne Forbis of Moberly, Missouri. Mr. Garrett is also survived by Eric Collins of Florida, whom Bob thought of as a son, by is two dogs Greta and Gretchen, and by a number of nieces and nephews. 

Mr. Garrett was proceeded in death by a brother, Roscoe Garrett and two sisters, Teresa Garrett Kent and Kathleen Forbis.

Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 from 4 to 6 p.m. 

Services will be held at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc. on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. with Reverend Dorothy McDormond, Chaplain with Medi Home Hospice officiating.  

Contributions may be made to Medi Home Hospice, 2400 Darlington Road, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania 15010.

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