Homegoing Celebration for D.D. Garrett (Denison D. Garrett Sr.) Pitt County

My condolence goes out to the Garrett family on the loss of your love one D.D. Garrett Sr.

Script.: Read Eccles. 3 and know, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”

Song: God Is Taking Us Away – Rev. James Cleveland and the Southern California Choir

The Obituary

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Civil rights pioneer, Garrett, dies – Source: The Daily Reflector

Civil rights pioneer, Garrett, dies – Source: The Daily Reflector

A pioneering black businessman and Civil Rights leader in Pitt County died Saturday at the age of 96.

Denison Dover “D.D.” Garrett died shortly before 7 a.m. from a heart-related condition, his son, Michael Garrett, said. (Read more)

Note: I am so glad I had the opportunity to meet such a man. I have been in meetings with him Greenville and across the state. I admired him for his tenacity and will power being in his 90’s. I remember several years ago when we had a meeting in Durham NC I passed him on the highway and I told him he could have rode with me however I live in Pinetops. I love the opportunity to ride in the same vehicle or to have one on one conversations with men such as Bro. Garrett because one could learn so much history.

Bro. Garrett was still fighting to make the world a better place at the age of 96 when countless young folks sit back and do nothing.

Thank you Bro. Garrett for all you have done, it is time to rest now. Curmilus Dancy II – DCN Publisher

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DD Garrett (1914-2011) passed this morning with his hand on the Freedom Plow.

DD Garrett (1914-2011) passed this morning with his hand on the Freedom Plow.

Dear NAACP Family,

DD Garrett (1914-2011) passed this morning with his hand on the Freedom Plow. Brother Garrett worked as a groundskeeper and a shoe repairman while going to N.C. College for Negroes in the 1930′s. He enlisted in the Navy when WWII began and led a strike of 25 Black sailors protesting discriminatory conditions. In 1946, he returned to his hometown of Greenville, set up an insurance and real estate business in the black community, and in 1949 ran for the Board of Alderman. He later was elected to the Pitt County Board of Commissioners, becoming the first African-American Commissioner in the county.

He served as President of the Pitt County NAACP Branch for nearly 20 years, and more recently served the State Conference of the NAACP as District 14 Director, sharing his great experience with the NAACP Branches in Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Pamlico and Pitt Counties.

Brother Garrett has been a faithful servant to the cause of Justice and to the Mission of the NAACP. His hands on the Freedom Plow have helped prepare the fields for a new crop of Freedom Fighters to stand on his shoulders. Brother Garrett will be with us in spirit and mind, as we continue the fight.

As soon as we learn information for his homegoing service, we will send it out,

Sincerely,

Rev. Dr. William J Barber, II and Mrs. Amina Turner