Elzy Garrison

Elzy Garrison, 76, passed away Monday, January 23, 2012, at his residence in Wichita Falls.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, at Dutton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kendall Graves, Pastor of Grace Tabernacle Church, officiating.

Graveside services will be held promptly at 2 p.m. at Fort Sill National Cemetery under the direction of Dutton Funeral Home.

Elzy was born Aug. 2, 1935, in Vernon, to Henry A. and Nona Mae (Kilpatrick) Garrison. He married Martha Louise Eaton on Oct. 2, 1959, at the First United Pentecostal Church in Iowa Park. He retired from the Oklahoma City Police Department as a Lieutenant in 1990 and worked five years for the Wichita Falls Police Department. He was a member of Grace Tabernacle Church.

Survivors include his wife, Martha; three daughters, Tammy L. Stone, Glenda R. Garrison, and Carolyn A. Hoffman; a brother, Bill “Son; and a sister, Tootsie; eleven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.

The family suggest memorials be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation, Grace Tabernacle Church, or Hospice of Wichita Falls.

Tributes may be shared with the family by visiting www.duttonfuneralhome.com.