IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Lucille

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Garis

Apr 16, 1926 — Jun 20, 2015

Obituary

The celebration of life for Lucille Latta Garis, 89 year-old Enid resident will be 1:00PM Friday, June 26, 2015 in the First Baptist Church. Dr. James Weidman will officiate. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home. There will be a visitation with family Thursday evening from 5PM-7PM in the Henninger-Hinson Chapel at 601 W. Broadway.

Lucille was born April 16, 1926 in Pollard, Arkansas to Charles Robert Latta and Delia Bell (Thompson) Latta and died Saturday, June 20, 2015 in the Commons at the age of 89. She attended High School at Piggot, Arkansas and took the Arkansas State teacher's exam and taught for five years while attending SBC at Pocahontas Arkansas, and Arkansas State College at Jonesboro. On April 13, 1946 she married Virgil Andrew Garis and to this union four children were born.

After moving to Enid in 1950 she was a homemaker and later began working at Bass Hospital as an LPN. She was in the first LPN class at Autry Vo-Tec. Her favorite places to work in the hospital were surgery, Obstetrics, and Pediatrics. She retired in 1989 after almost 30 years.

She was a member of First Baptist Church, Womens' Missionary Union, and teacher of the T.E.L. Sunday School Class for several years.

She is survived by her children; Charlotte Weaver, Thomas Garis, and Timothy Garis and wife Terese, 10 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and 11 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded by her husband, Virgil Garis, her parents, one daughter, three brothers, one sister, and two granddaughters.

Memorials may be made to FBC(Next Generations) through Henninger-Hinson.

Condolences may be made to the family online at www.enidwecare.com
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