Charleston Gazette, Mon, May 28, 1938
Rev. W.D. Garrett, 96, Dies in Logan
‘Uncle Dyke,’ Confederate Veteran, Passes Suddenly
Logan, May – (AP) – Rev. W. D. (Uncle Dyke) Garrett, veteran of the Confederate Army and a widely known mountain preacher, died at 3 a.m. today at his home near Curry, Logan County. He would have been 97 years old had he lived until December 10.
By his side at the end was his 90-year old wife, known throughout a number of West Virginia counties as Aunt Sallie. They observed on Feb. 19 the 71st anniversary of their marriage, which took place in Logan County where each was born and brought up.
Daughter Present – His Daughters, Mrs. Scott justice and Miss Ida Rose Garrett of Huntington and Mrs. John F. Ferrell of Logan, were present at his death. They had come for the Memorial Day weekend with no premonition of tragedy. Another daughter, Mrs. Virgil O. Duffin of Louisville, Ky., reached Huntington tonight en-route to Curry.
Also surviving are three sons, Elbert E. Garrett of Lake, Logan county, and Peter B. and James M. Garrett of Curry; 29 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow at 3 p.m. Rev. John Green McNeely will officiate. Burial will be in the family cemetery.
The son of John Garrett, whose father was one of the early settlers of Logan county. William Dyke Garrett was born , Dec. 10, 1841, in a farmhouse only a few miles from the scene of his death. When the war of secession came he enlisted under the Confederate flag and served there as a member of the famous Logan Wildcats.
Became Farmer – Returning from the war, he became a farmer. He married Miss Sallie Smith at the home of her father, William Smith of Crawley Creek, Feb. 19, 1867. Mrs. Garrett, recalled today that he played the fiddle and danced to his own music.
Sixteen years elapsed before he entered what was to be the distinguishing work of his life. He entered the ministry, in which he was to continue fifty-five years.
He became a familiar figure in Logan and surrounding counties, riding horseback from church to church. Sometimes he went afoot on his missions and his tall, spare form—he stood 6 feet 2 inches in his bare feet—was known to all the people of the mountains and valleys of the Guyandotte, the Big Sandy and Coal rivers.
As minister Mr. Garrett was know prominently in state and general conventions of the Christian church. Wider fame came to him as the minister under whose guidance the late Capt. Anderson (Devil Anse) Hatfield and a number of his sons embraced Christianity and were baptized, and also as the clergyman who officiated at Capt. Hatfield’s funeral and burial in 1921.∼Rev.W.D.Garrett,
96, Dies in Logan
Uncle Dyke, Confederate
Veteran, Passes Suddenly.
LOGAN, May 29— CP.—
Rev. W. D. (Uncle Dyke) Garrett, Veteran of the Confederate Army and a widely known mountain preacher, died at 3 a. m. today at his home near
Curry,
Logan County, W. Va.
He would have been 97 years old had he
lived until December 10.
By his side at the end was his 90-year old
Wife,
"Aunt" Sallie (known throughput a number of West Virginia counties as Aunt Sallie.
They observed on Feb. 19 the 71st anniversary of their marriage, which took place
in Logan County where each was born and brought up.
Daughters Present-
His Daughters
Mrs. Scott (Mary) Justice and
Miss Ida Rose Garrett of Huntington, W.Va., and
Mrs. John F. Ferrell of Logan, W. Va., were present at his death.
They had come for the Memorial Day weekend with no premonition
of tragedy.
Another daughter,
Mrs.Virgil O. Duffin of Louisville, Ky, reached Huntington tonight enroute to Curry, W. Va.
Also surviving are
Three Sons:
Elbert E. Garrett of Lake, Logan County, W.Va., and
Peter B. Garrett of Curry, W. Va., and
James M. Garrett of Curry, W.Va.;
29 grandchildren and
31 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow at 3 p.m. Rev. John Green McNeely will officiate.
Burial will be in the
family cemetery.
The son of John Garrett, whose father was one of the early settlers of Logan County, W. Va., William Dyke Garrett was born, Dec. 10, 1841, in-a farmhouse.
Uncle Dyke Garrett and His Wife Celebrated Their 69th Wedding Anniversary Near Logan, W. Va.
Famed Mountain Preacher now 94 Years Old, His Mate Is 88 Years.
LOGAN, Feb. 19. "If I married 50 times, I'd marry Sallie every
time." That is a remark often made by Rev. W. D. (Uncle Dyke) Garrett of his faithful and helpful wife, "Aunt Sallie," to whom he has been married 69 years today.
For 60 years the couple has lived on the site of their present home at Curry, W. Va., near Chapmanville, in Logan County. "Uncle Dyke," a veteran of the Confederate army and a
pioneer mountain preacher, was 94 in December. Mrs. Garrett is 88 years old.
The Garretts are native Logan Countians, and so were their mothers before them. Rev. Mr. Garrett's parents were the late John Garrett and Eliza Godby Garrett. Mrs. Garrett is the daughter of the late William Smith and Mary Ann Butcher Smith.
"Uncle Dyke" is the only surviving member of a family in which there were 11 children. Mrs. Garrett and her sister, Mrs. L. S. Weigel, of Huntington, W. Va., are the only ones living today in a family of seven children.
Nine children were born to the Garretts and seven of them are still living:
Elbert E. Garrett, of Lake, W.Va.;
P. D. Garrett, of Curry, W.Va.;
Jim (Alice) Garrett, at home;
Mrs. Scott Justice, of Huntington, W.Va.;
Mrs. John (Delia) Ferrell, of Logan, W.Va.;
Mrs. Virgil O. Duffm, of Louisville, Ky., and
Miss Ida Rose Garrett, of Huntington, W.Va.
Rev. and Mrs. Garrett have
30 Grandchildren and
25 Great-grandchildren.
Five of their children were born at the same place where they now reside in a large log cabin which was replaced about 25 years ago by a modern farmhouse.
Taught Him to Read -
"Uncle Dyke" has devoted virtually all of his life to public service, gladly and willingly, refusing to accept any financial renumeration.
"Aunt Sally" was a girl schoolteacher when she became Mrs. Garrett. She taught her husband how to read in the Bible. He could neither read or write at the time he was married.
"Aunt Sally" was just, as busy when she was a girl as those who are caught up in the rush and scramble of the modern business world. She was a seamstress for her whole family, making her first dress when 13 years old. At that time the sheep had to be
sheared, the wool washed, picked, carded, and then spun. Then the wool was woven into cloth.
For more than a half a century, Uncle Dyke went into the mountains preaching the gospel, visiting the sick, marrying people, and holding funeral services. He rode a mule through the West Virginia hills when there was nothing but a bridle path to follow, going many miles to hold baptizings and revivals at which he led his own singing
Is Also Fiddler -
The venerable minister played the violin and the "Holy Bible" is his favorite song. In former years he derived great enjoyment by singing and playing. He would never allow
anyone to play anything but a hymn on his violin, saying "his fiddle didn't play for the devil."
Not so long ago Uncle Dyke walked the four miles from his home to Chapmanville, crossing Chapmanville Mountain. He said: "I'd be just as good as ever if it wasn't for that old lame leg. He has been troubled with rheumatism for some time. Nevertheless, Uncle Dyke was still active enough to shake down some apples from a tree in his orchard for some of his great grandchildren when they were visiting him last Fall. Mrs. Garrett, who spends much time reading the Bible, also reads all the magazines and newspapers that come her way.
Rev and Mrs. Garrett seem completely resigned to their quiet life, sitting by the fireside day by day, happy in each other's company.
The high mark of his career came with the baptism of "Devil Anse" Hatfield of Hatfield-Mc-
Coy feud fame.
In Town -
It has been only within the past seven years that Uncle Dyke has given up preaching altogether, and it has been about three years since he quit making frequent
visits to Logan, when a standing joke with him, on the occasion
of meeting friends and acquaintances, was: "Yes, I came to town. But I
must go back to Sallie—the girl I left behind me."
The couple enjoys having company. Not long ago a visitor inquired of Mrs. Garrett how a woman could manage to live with one man "that long." Never at a
loss for a ready reply, "Aunt Sallie" answered: "By having the patience of Job
and the wisdom of Solomon."
This article ran in the Charleston Dailey Mail Wednesday Evening, February 19, 1936.
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Please note that I am not the original contributor of this memorial as it was originally posted by the late FAG Contributor, Jeanne Hughart Burdette ღ.
Additions/corrections welcome .. Della 6-29-2021
Rev. W.D. Garrett, 96, Dies in Logan
‘Uncle Dyke,’ Confederate Veteran, Passes Suddenly
Logan, May – (AP) – Rev. W. D. (Uncle Dyke) Garrett, veteran of the Confederate Army and a widely known mountain preacher, died at 3 a.m. today at his home near Curry, Logan County. He would have been 97 years old had he lived until December 10.
By his side at the end was his 90-year old wife, known throughout a number of West Virginia counties as Aunt Sallie. They observed on Feb. 19 the 71st anniversary of their marriage, which took place in Logan County where each was born and brought up.
Daughter Present – His Daughters, Mrs. Scott justice and Miss Ida Rose Garrett of Huntington and Mrs. John F. Ferrell of Logan, were present at his death. They had come for the Memorial Day weekend with no premonition of tragedy. Another daughter, Mrs. Virgil O. Duffin of Louisville, Ky., reached Huntington tonight en-route to Curry.
Also surviving are three sons, Elbert E. Garrett of Lake, Logan county, and Peter B. and James M. Garrett of Curry; 29 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow at 3 p.m. Rev. John Green McNeely will officiate. Burial will be in the family cemetery.
The son of John Garrett, whose father was one of the early settlers of Logan county. William Dyke Garrett was born , Dec. 10, 1841, in a farmhouse only a few miles from the scene of his death. When the war of secession came he enlisted under the Confederate flag and served there as a member of the famous Logan Wildcats.
Became Farmer – Returning from the war, he became a farmer. He married Miss Sallie Smith at the home of her father, William Smith of Crawley Creek, Feb. 19, 1867. Mrs. Garrett, recalled today that he played the fiddle and danced to his own music.
Sixteen years elapsed before he entered what was to be the distinguishing work of his life. He entered the ministry, in which he was to continue fifty-five years.
He became a familiar figure in Logan and surrounding counties, riding horseback from church to church. Sometimes he went afoot on his missions and his tall, spare form—he stood 6 feet 2 inches in his bare feet—was known to all the people of the mountains and valleys of the Guyandotte, the Big Sandy and Coal rivers.
As minister Mr. Garrett was know prominently in state and general conventions of the Christian church. Wider fame came to him as the minister under whose guidance the late Capt. Anderson (Devil Anse) Hatfield and a number of his sons embraced Christianity and were baptized, and also as the clergyman who officiated at Capt. Hatfield’s funeral and burial in 1921.∼Rev.W.D.Garrett,
96, Dies in Logan
Uncle Dyke, Confederate
Veteran, Passes Suddenly.
LOGAN, May 29— CP.—
Rev. W. D. (Uncle Dyke) Garrett, Veteran of the Confederate Army and a widely known mountain preacher, died at 3 a. m. today at his home near
Curry,
Logan County, W. Va.
He would have been 97 years old had he
lived until December 10.
By his side at the end was his 90-year old
Wife,
"Aunt" Sallie (known throughput a number of West Virginia counties as Aunt Sallie.
They observed on Feb. 19 the 71st anniversary of their marriage, which took place
in Logan County where each was born and brought up.
Daughters Present-
His Daughters
Mrs. Scott (Mary) Justice and
Miss Ida Rose Garrett of Huntington, W.Va., and
Mrs. John F. Ferrell of Logan, W. Va., were present at his death.
They had come for the Memorial Day weekend with no premonition
of tragedy.
Another daughter,
Mrs.Virgil O. Duffin of Louisville, Ky, reached Huntington tonight enroute to Curry, W. Va.
Also surviving are
Three Sons:
Elbert E. Garrett of Lake, Logan County, W.Va., and
Peter B. Garrett of Curry, W. Va., and
James M. Garrett of Curry, W.Va.;
29 grandchildren and
31 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow at 3 p.m. Rev. John Green McNeely will officiate.
Burial will be in the
family cemetery.
The son of John Garrett, whose father was one of the early settlers of Logan County, W. Va., William Dyke Garrett was born, Dec. 10, 1841, in-a farmhouse.
Uncle Dyke Garrett and His Wife Celebrated Their 69th Wedding Anniversary Near Logan, W. Va.
Famed Mountain Preacher now 94 Years Old, His Mate Is 88 Years.
LOGAN, Feb. 19. "If I married 50 times, I'd marry Sallie every
time." That is a remark often made by Rev. W. D. (Uncle Dyke) Garrett of his faithful and helpful wife, "Aunt Sallie," to whom he has been married 69 years today.
For 60 years the couple has lived on the site of their present home at Curry, W. Va., near Chapmanville, in Logan County. "Uncle Dyke," a veteran of the Confederate army and a
pioneer mountain preacher, was 94 in December. Mrs. Garrett is 88 years old.
The Garretts are native Logan Countians, and so were their mothers before them. Rev. Mr. Garrett's parents were the late John Garrett and Eliza Godby Garrett. Mrs. Garrett is the daughter of the late William Smith and Mary Ann Butcher Smith.
"Uncle Dyke" is the only surviving member of a family in which there were 11 children. Mrs. Garrett and her sister, Mrs. L. S. Weigel, of Huntington, W. Va., are the only ones living today in a family of seven children.
Nine children were born to the Garretts and seven of them are still living:
Elbert E. Garrett, of Lake, W.Va.;
P. D. Garrett, of Curry, W.Va.;
Jim (Alice) Garrett, at home;
Mrs. Scott Justice, of Huntington, W.Va.;
Mrs. John (Delia) Ferrell, of Logan, W.Va.;
Mrs. Virgil O. Duffm, of Louisville, Ky., and
Miss Ida Rose Garrett, of Huntington, W.Va.
Rev. and Mrs. Garrett have
30 Grandchildren and
25 Great-grandchildren.
Five of their children were born at the same place where they now reside in a large log cabin which was replaced about 25 years ago by a modern farmhouse.
Taught Him to Read -
"Uncle Dyke" has devoted virtually all of his life to public service, gladly and willingly, refusing to accept any financial renumeration.
"Aunt Sally" was a girl schoolteacher when she became Mrs. Garrett. She taught her husband how to read in the Bible. He could neither read or write at the time he was married.
"Aunt Sally" was just, as busy when she was a girl as those who are caught up in the rush and scramble of the modern business world. She was a seamstress for her whole family, making her first dress when 13 years old. At that time the sheep had to be
sheared, the wool washed, picked, carded, and then spun. Then the wool was woven into cloth.
For more than a half a century, Uncle Dyke went into the mountains preaching the gospel, visiting the sick, marrying people, and holding funeral services. He rode a mule through the West Virginia hills when there was nothing but a bridle path to follow, going many miles to hold baptizings and revivals at which he led his own singing
Is Also Fiddler -
The venerable minister played the violin and the "Holy Bible" is his favorite song. In former years he derived great enjoyment by singing and playing. He would never allow
anyone to play anything but a hymn on his violin, saying "his fiddle didn't play for the devil."
Not so long ago Uncle Dyke walked the four miles from his home to Chapmanville, crossing Chapmanville Mountain. He said: "I'd be just as good as ever if it wasn't for that old lame leg. He has been troubled with rheumatism for some time. Nevertheless, Uncle Dyke was still active enough to shake down some apples from a tree in his orchard for some of his great grandchildren when they were visiting him last Fall. Mrs. Garrett, who spends much time reading the Bible, also reads all the magazines and newspapers that come her way.
Rev and Mrs. Garrett seem completely resigned to their quiet life, sitting by the fireside day by day, happy in each other's company.
The high mark of his career came with the baptism of "Devil Anse" Hatfield of Hatfield-Mc-
Coy feud fame.
In Town -
It has been only within the past seven years that Uncle Dyke has given up preaching altogether, and it has been about three years since he quit making frequent
visits to Logan, when a standing joke with him, on the occasion
of meeting friends and acquaintances, was: "Yes, I came to town. But I
must go back to Sallie—the girl I left behind me."
The couple enjoys having company. Not long ago a visitor inquired of Mrs. Garrett how a woman could manage to live with one man "that long." Never at a
loss for a ready reply, "Aunt Sallie" answered: "By having the patience of Job
and the wisdom of Solomon."
This article ran in the Charleston Dailey Mail Wednesday Evening, February 19, 1936.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note that I am not the original contributor of this memorial as it was originally posted by the late FAG Contributor, Jeanne Hughart Burdette ღ.
Additions/corrections welcome .. Della 6-29-2021
Charleston Gazette, Mon, May 28, 1938
Rev. W.D. Garrett, 96, Dies in Logan
‘Uncle Dyke,’ Confederate Veteran, Passes Suddenly
Logan, May – (AP) – Rev. W. D. (Uncle Dyke) Garrett, veteran of the Confederate Army and a widely known mountain preacher, died at 3 a.m. today at his home near Curry, Logan County. He would have been 97 years old had he lived until December 10.
By his side at the end was his 90-year old wife, known throughout a number of West Virginia counties as Aunt Sallie. They observed on Feb. 19 the 71st anniversary of their marriage, which took place in Logan County where each was born and brought up.
Daughter Present – His Daughters, Mrs. Scott justice and Miss Ida Rose Garrett of Huntington and Mrs. John F. Ferrell of Logan, were present at his death. They had come for the Memorial Day weekend with no premonition of tragedy. Another daughter, Mrs. Virgil O. Duffin of Louisville, Ky., reached Huntington tonight en-route to Curry.
Also surviving are three sons, Elbert E. Garrett of Lake, Logan county, and Peter B. and James M. Garrett of Curry; 29 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow at 3 p.m. Rev. John Green McNeely will officiate. Burial will be in the family cemetery.
The son of John Garrett, whose father was one of the early settlers of Logan county. William Dyke Garrett was born , Dec. 10, 1841, in a farmhouse only a few miles from the scene of his death. When the war of secession came he enlisted under the Confederate flag and served there as a member of the famous Logan Wildcats.
Became Farmer – Returning from the war, he became a farmer. He married Miss Sallie Smith at the home of her father, William Smith of Crawley Creek, Feb. 19, 1867. Mrs. Garrett, recalled today that he played the fiddle and danced to his own music.
Sixteen years elapsed before he entered what was to be the distinguishing work of his life. He entered the ministry, in which he was to continue fifty-five years.
He became a familiar figure in Logan and surrounding counties, riding horseback from church to church. Sometimes he went afoot on his missions and his tall, spare form—he stood 6 feet 2 inches in his bare feet—was known to all the people of the mountains and valleys of the Guyandotte, the Big Sandy and Coal rivers.
As minister Mr. Garrett was know prominently in state and general conventions of the Christian church. Wider fame came to him as the minister under whose guidance the late Capt. Anderson (Devil Anse) Hatfield and a number of his sons embraced Christianity and were baptized, and also as the clergyman who officiated at Capt. Hatfield’s funeral and burial in 1921.∼Rev.W.D.Garrett,
96, Dies in Logan
Uncle Dyke, Confederate
Veteran, Passes Suddenly.
LOGAN, May 29— CP.—
Rev. W. D. (Uncle Dyke) Garrett, Veteran of the Confederate Army and a widely known mountain preacher, died at 3 a. m. today at his home near
Curry,
Logan County, W. Va.
He would have been 97 years old had he
lived until December 10.
By his side at the end was his 90-year old
Wife,
"Aunt" Sallie (known throughput a number of West Virginia counties as Aunt Sallie.
They observed on Feb. 19 the 71st anniversary of their marriage, which took place
in Logan County where each was born and brought up.
Daughters Present-
His Daughters
Mrs. Scott (Mary) Justice and
Miss Ida Rose Garrett of Huntington, W.Va., and
Mrs. John F. Ferrell of Logan, W. Va., were present at his death.
They had come for the Memorial Day weekend with no premonition
of tragedy.
Another daughter,
Mrs.Virgil O. Duffin of Louisville, Ky, reached Huntington tonight enroute to Curry, W. Va.
Also surviving are
Three Sons:
Elbert E. Garrett of Lake, Logan County, W.Va., and
Peter B. Garrett of Curry, W. Va., and
James M. Garrett of Curry, W.Va.;
29 grandchildren and
31 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow at 3 p.m. Rev. John Green McNeely will officiate.
Burial will be in the
family cemetery.
The son of John Garrett, whose father was one of the early settlers of Logan County, W. Va., William Dyke Garrett was born, Dec. 10, 1841, in-a farmhouse.
Uncle Dyke Garrett and His Wife Celebrated Their 69th Wedding Anniversary Near Logan, W. Va.
Famed Mountain Preacher now 94 Years Old, His Mate Is 88 Years.
LOGAN, Feb. 19. "If I married 50 times, I'd marry Sallie every
time." That is a remark often made by Rev. W. D. (Uncle Dyke) Garrett of his faithful and helpful wife, "Aunt Sallie," to whom he has been married 69 years today.
For 60 years the couple has lived on the site of their present home at Curry, W. Va., near Chapmanville, in Logan County. "Uncle Dyke," a veteran of the Confederate army and a
pioneer mountain preacher, was 94 in December. Mrs. Garrett is 88 years old.
The Garretts are native Logan Countians, and so were their mothers before them. Rev. Mr. Garrett's parents were the late John Garrett and Eliza Godby Garrett. Mrs. Garrett is the daughter of the late William Smith and Mary Ann Butcher Smith.
"Uncle Dyke" is the only surviving member of a family in which there were 11 children. Mrs. Garrett and her sister, Mrs. L. S. Weigel, of Huntington, W. Va., are the only ones living today in a family of seven children.
Nine children were born to the Garretts and seven of them are still living:
Elbert E. Garrett, of Lake, W.Va.;
P. D. Garrett, of Curry, W.Va.;
Jim (Alice) Garrett, at home;
Mrs. Scott Justice, of Huntington, W.Va.;
Mrs. John (Delia) Ferrell, of Logan, W.Va.;
Mrs. Virgil O. Duffm, of Louisville, Ky., and
Miss Ida Rose Garrett, of Huntington, W.Va.
Rev. and Mrs. Garrett have
30 Grandchildren and
25 Great-grandchildren.
Five of their children were born at the same place where they now reside in a large log cabin which was replaced about 25 years ago by a modern farmhouse.
Taught Him to Read -
"Uncle Dyke" has devoted virtually all of his life to public service, gladly and willingly, refusing to accept any financial renumeration.
"Aunt Sally" was a girl schoolteacher when she became Mrs. Garrett. She taught her husband how to read in the Bible. He could neither read or write at the time he was married.
"Aunt Sally" was just, as busy when she was a girl as those who are caught up in the rush and scramble of the modern business world. She was a seamstress for her whole family, making her first dress when 13 years old. At that time the sheep had to be
sheared, the wool washed, picked, carded, and then spun. Then the wool was woven into cloth.
For more than a half a century, Uncle Dyke went into the mountains preaching the gospel, visiting the sick, marrying people, and holding funeral services. He rode a mule through the West Virginia hills when there was nothing but a bridle path to follow, going many miles to hold baptizings and revivals at which he led his own singing
Is Also Fiddler -
The venerable minister played the violin and the "Holy Bible" is his favorite song. In former years he derived great enjoyment by singing and playing. He would never allow
anyone to play anything but a hymn on his violin, saying "his fiddle didn't play for the devil."
Not so long ago Uncle Dyke walked the four miles from his home to Chapmanville, crossing Chapmanville Mountain. He said: "I'd be just as good as ever if it wasn't for that old lame leg. He has been troubled with rheumatism for some time. Nevertheless, Uncle Dyke was still active enough to shake down some apples from a tree in his orchard for some of his great grandchildren when they were visiting him last Fall. Mrs. Garrett, who spends much time reading the Bible, also reads all the magazines and newspapers that come her way.
Rev and Mrs. Garrett seem completely resigned to their quiet life, sitting by the fireside day by day, happy in each other's company.
The high mark of his career came with the baptism of "Devil Anse" Hatfield of Hatfield-Mc-
Coy feud fame.
In Town -
It has been only within the past seven years that Uncle Dyke has given up preaching altogether, and it has been about three years since he quit making frequent
visits to Logan, when a standing joke with him, on the occasion
of meeting friends and acquaintances, was: "Yes, I came to town. But I
must go back to Sallie—the girl I left behind me."
The couple enjoys having company. Not long ago a visitor inquired of Mrs. Garrett how a woman could manage to live with one man "that long." Never at a
loss for a ready reply, "Aunt Sallie" answered: "By having the patience of Job
and the wisdom of Solomon."
This article ran in the Charleston Dailey Mail Wednesday Evening, February 19, 1936.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note that I am not the original contributor of this memorial as it was originally posted by the late FAG Contributor, Jeanne Hughart Burdette ღ.
Additions/corrections welcome .. Della 6-29-2021
Rev. W.D. Garrett, 96, Dies in Logan
‘Uncle Dyke,’ Confederate Veteran, Passes Suddenly
Logan, May – (AP) – Rev. W. D. (Uncle Dyke) Garrett, veteran of the Confederate Army and a widely known mountain preacher, died at 3 a.m. today at his home near Curry, Logan County. He would have been 97 years old had he lived until December 10.
By his side at the end was his 90-year old wife, known throughout a number of West Virginia counties as Aunt Sallie. They observed on Feb. 19 the 71st anniversary of their marriage, which took place in Logan County where each was born and brought up.
Daughter Present – His Daughters, Mrs. Scott justice and Miss Ida Rose Garrett of Huntington and Mrs. John F. Ferrell of Logan, were present at his death. They had come for the Memorial Day weekend with no premonition of tragedy. Another daughter, Mrs. Virgil O. Duffin of Louisville, Ky., reached Huntington tonight en-route to Curry.
Also surviving are three sons, Elbert E. Garrett of Lake, Logan county, and Peter B. and James M. Garrett of Curry; 29 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow at 3 p.m. Rev. John Green McNeely will officiate. Burial will be in the family cemetery.
The son of John Garrett, whose father was one of the early settlers of Logan county. William Dyke Garrett was born , Dec. 10, 1841, in a farmhouse only a few miles from the scene of his death. When the war of secession came he enlisted under the Confederate flag and served there as a member of the famous Logan Wildcats.
Became Farmer – Returning from the war, he became a farmer. He married Miss Sallie Smith at the home of her father, William Smith of Crawley Creek, Feb. 19, 1867. Mrs. Garrett, recalled today that he played the fiddle and danced to his own music.
Sixteen years elapsed before he entered what was to be the distinguishing work of his life. He entered the ministry, in which he was to continue fifty-five years.
He became a familiar figure in Logan and surrounding counties, riding horseback from church to church. Sometimes he went afoot on his missions and his tall, spare form—he stood 6 feet 2 inches in his bare feet—was known to all the people of the mountains and valleys of the Guyandotte, the Big Sandy and Coal rivers.
As minister Mr. Garrett was know prominently in state and general conventions of the Christian church. Wider fame came to him as the minister under whose guidance the late Capt. Anderson (Devil Anse) Hatfield and a number of his sons embraced Christianity and were baptized, and also as the clergyman who officiated at Capt. Hatfield’s funeral and burial in 1921.∼Rev.W.D.Garrett,
96, Dies in Logan
Uncle Dyke, Confederate
Veteran, Passes Suddenly.
LOGAN, May 29— CP.—
Rev. W. D. (Uncle Dyke) Garrett, Veteran of the Confederate Army and a widely known mountain preacher, died at 3 a. m. today at his home near
Curry,
Logan County, W. Va.
He would have been 97 years old had he
lived until December 10.
By his side at the end was his 90-year old
Wife,
"Aunt" Sallie (known throughput a number of West Virginia counties as Aunt Sallie.
They observed on Feb. 19 the 71st anniversary of their marriage, which took place
in Logan County where each was born and brought up.
Daughters Present-
His Daughters
Mrs. Scott (Mary) Justice and
Miss Ida Rose Garrett of Huntington, W.Va., and
Mrs. John F. Ferrell of Logan, W. Va., were present at his death.
They had come for the Memorial Day weekend with no premonition
of tragedy.
Another daughter,
Mrs.Virgil O. Duffin of Louisville, Ky, reached Huntington tonight enroute to Curry, W. Va.
Also surviving are
Three Sons:
Elbert E. Garrett of Lake, Logan County, W.Va., and
Peter B. Garrett of Curry, W. Va., and
James M. Garrett of Curry, W.Va.;
29 grandchildren and
31 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow at 3 p.m. Rev. John Green McNeely will officiate.
Burial will be in the
family cemetery.
The son of John Garrett, whose father was one of the early settlers of Logan County, W. Va., William Dyke Garrett was born, Dec. 10, 1841, in-a farmhouse.
Uncle Dyke Garrett and His Wife Celebrated Their 69th Wedding Anniversary Near Logan, W. Va.
Famed Mountain Preacher now 94 Years Old, His Mate Is 88 Years.
LOGAN, Feb. 19. "If I married 50 times, I'd marry Sallie every
time." That is a remark often made by Rev. W. D. (Uncle Dyke) Garrett of his faithful and helpful wife, "Aunt Sallie," to whom he has been married 69 years today.
For 60 years the couple has lived on the site of their present home at Curry, W. Va., near Chapmanville, in Logan County. "Uncle Dyke," a veteran of the Confederate army and a
pioneer mountain preacher, was 94 in December. Mrs. Garrett is 88 years old.
The Garretts are native Logan Countians, and so were their mothers before them. Rev. Mr. Garrett's parents were the late John Garrett and Eliza Godby Garrett. Mrs. Garrett is the daughter of the late William Smith and Mary Ann Butcher Smith.
"Uncle Dyke" is the only surviving member of a family in which there were 11 children. Mrs. Garrett and her sister, Mrs. L. S. Weigel, of Huntington, W. Va., are the only ones living today in a family of seven children.
Nine children were born to the Garretts and seven of them are still living:
Elbert E. Garrett, of Lake, W.Va.;
P. D. Garrett, of Curry, W.Va.;
Jim (Alice) Garrett, at home;
Mrs. Scott Justice, of Huntington, W.Va.;
Mrs. John (Delia) Ferrell, of Logan, W.Va.;
Mrs. Virgil O. Duffm, of Louisville, Ky., and
Miss Ida Rose Garrett, of Huntington, W.Va.
Rev. and Mrs. Garrett have
30 Grandchildren and
25 Great-grandchildren.
Five of their children were born at the same place where they now reside in a large log cabin which was replaced about 25 years ago by a modern farmhouse.
Taught Him to Read -
"Uncle Dyke" has devoted virtually all of his life to public service, gladly and willingly, refusing to accept any financial renumeration.
"Aunt Sally" was a girl schoolteacher when she became Mrs. Garrett. She taught her husband how to read in the Bible. He could neither read or write at the time he was married.
"Aunt Sally" was just, as busy when she was a girl as those who are caught up in the rush and scramble of the modern business world. She was a seamstress for her whole family, making her first dress when 13 years old. At that time the sheep had to be
sheared, the wool washed, picked, carded, and then spun. Then the wool was woven into cloth.
For more than a half a century, Uncle Dyke went into the mountains preaching the gospel, visiting the sick, marrying people, and holding funeral services. He rode a mule through the West Virginia hills when there was nothing but a bridle path to follow, going many miles to hold baptizings and revivals at which he led his own singing
Is Also Fiddler -
The venerable minister played the violin and the "Holy Bible" is his favorite song. In former years he derived great enjoyment by singing and playing. He would never allow
anyone to play anything but a hymn on his violin, saying "his fiddle didn't play for the devil."
Not so long ago Uncle Dyke walked the four miles from his home to Chapmanville, crossing Chapmanville Mountain. He said: "I'd be just as good as ever if it wasn't for that old lame leg. He has been troubled with rheumatism for some time. Nevertheless, Uncle Dyke was still active enough to shake down some apples from a tree in his orchard for some of his great grandchildren when they were visiting him last Fall. Mrs. Garrett, who spends much time reading the Bible, also reads all the magazines and newspapers that come her way.
Rev and Mrs. Garrett seem completely resigned to their quiet life, sitting by the fireside day by day, happy in each other's company.
The high mark of his career came with the baptism of "Devil Anse" Hatfield of Hatfield-Mc-
Coy feud fame.
In Town -
It has been only within the past seven years that Uncle Dyke has given up preaching altogether, and it has been about three years since he quit making frequent
visits to Logan, when a standing joke with him, on the occasion
of meeting friends and acquaintances, was: "Yes, I came to town. But I
must go back to Sallie—the girl I left behind me."
The couple enjoys having company. Not long ago a visitor inquired of Mrs. Garrett how a woman could manage to live with one man "that long." Never at a
loss for a ready reply, "Aunt Sallie" answered: "By having the patience of Job
and the wisdom of Solomon."
This article ran in the Charleston Dailey Mail Wednesday Evening, February 19, 1936.
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Please note that I am not the original contributor of this memorial as it was originally posted by the late FAG Contributor, Jeanne Hughart Burdette ღ.
Additions/corrections welcome .. Della 6-29-2021
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