Flora F. Garrison
Church Secretary
February 4th, l920 – July 23, 2003
I'll Be With You [I read this at the Funeral]
I Kiss The Flag [A dedication poem]
A Single Red Rose [What she meant to me]
Flora F. Garrison, 83, of Bridgeton died Wednesday July 23, 2003 at S.J.
Hospital- Bridgeton where she had been a patient in intensive care.
The wife of Gene N. Garrison, she was born in Corona, Alabama and was the daughter of the late Daniel Floyd Frost and the late Sarah Kirk Frost. She was also predeceased by her step mother, Alla Mae Bowden Frost. She was raised in Illinois and had been a longtime resident of Bridgeton; having lived at her current address over fifty years.
For several years Mrs. Garrison was the secretary at the First Presbyterian Church in Bridgeton. Prior to her employment at the church she worked as a bookkeeper at the former Cowan Printing in Bridgeton. At one time she was also employed at the J.C. Penney Store in Bridgeton.
Mrs. Garrison was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bridgeton and was an active member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Shoemaker Post #95 American Legion. She had served as that organization’s president and secretary and was also a former president of the county legion auxiliary.
Mr. and Mrs. Garrison would have celebrated their fifty-eighth wedding anniversary this August 7th.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Garry N. Garrison and his wife Anneliese and Joel F. Garrison both of Bridgeton, three sisters, Rita McFarling of California, MD, Adonza Cruiseius of Canton, N.C. and Ruth Tomsey of Pembroke Pines, FL, two brothers, Richard Frost of Hialeah, FL and Daniel Frost of Atlanta, GA and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by two sisters, Helen Pohl and Priscilla Stewart and one brother Benjamin Clayton Frost.
A memorial service will be held at the Freitag Funeral Home, 137 W. Commerce St., Bridgeton on Friday afternoon July 25th at 2 P.M.
The interment of the cremated remains will follow at the Cumberland County Veteran’s Cemetery in Hopewell Township.
Friends will be received at the funeral home Friday afternoon one hour prior to the memorial service.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.
The wife of Gene N. Garrison, she was born in Corona, Alabama and was the daughter of the late Daniel Floyd Frost and the late Sarah Kirk Frost. She was also predeceased by her step mother, Alla Mae Bowden Frost. She was raised in Illinois and had been a longtime resident of Bridgeton; having lived at her current address over fifty years.
For several years Mrs. Garrison was the secretary at the First Presbyterian Church in Bridgeton. Prior to her employment at the church she worked as a bookkeeper at the former Cowan Printing in Bridgeton. At one time she was also employed at the J.C. Penney Store in Bridgeton.
Mrs. Garrison was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bridgeton and was an active member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Shoemaker Post #95 American Legion. She had served as that organization’s president and secretary and was also a former president of the county legion auxiliary.
Mr. and Mrs. Garrison would have celebrated their fifty-eighth wedding anniversary this August 7th.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Garry N. Garrison and his wife Anneliese and Joel F. Garrison both of Bridgeton, three sisters, Rita McFarling of California, MD, Adonza Cruiseius of Canton, N.C. and Ruth Tomsey of Pembroke Pines, FL, two brothers, Richard Frost of Hialeah, FL and Daniel Frost of Atlanta, GA and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by two sisters, Helen Pohl and Priscilla Stewart and one brother Benjamin Clayton Frost.
A memorial service will be held at the Freitag Funeral Home, 137 W. Commerce St., Bridgeton on Friday afternoon July 25th at 2 P.M.
The interment of the cremated remains will follow at the Cumberland County Veteran’s Cemetery in Hopewell Township.
Friends will be received at the funeral home Friday afternoon one hour prior to the memorial service.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.