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Wayne Garrison of Scottsdale died on April 27, 2005, at the age of 70.
He believed in, and depended on God and family and proven friends. He was a proud maverick who marched to his own drummer and did not join parades that he was not leading. He was satisfied with his life and at peace with death. A lifelong smoker, he enjoyed it, and blamed no one for the cancer that probably resulted from it. He was a political conservative and has disdain for liberals and contempt for most politicians.
He intended, and did his best, to be politically incorrect on the issues of our times and had little regard for conventional wisdom. He did not suffer fools gladly and abhorred sycopants and perverts. He tried to deal fairly with everyone but was deferential to no one in his personal values.
Mr. Garrison was born and reared in a loving family on a sharecropper farm near Amber, Oklahoma in an unpainted house with no electricity or plumbing. He graduated from Amber High School. Here he was an outstanding athlete and Valedictorian of his graduating class. After military service he earned two degrees from the University of Oklahoma, including the first Master of Accountancy conferred by that institution. He later contributed and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for OU. He served on numerous local, state and national, civic, educational, and business boards of directors including the Board of KPMG Peat Marwish, the professional CPA firm where he spent most of his work career.
Joanna, his beloved wife of 48 years, survives him. She was his wife, advisor and closest friend.
He regarded her as the best person he ever knew. Three daughters, Lea Ann Garrison-Knight of Boston, Jill Garrison Grace, of Lubbock and Beth Killion of Minneapolis, all married to outstanding young men, also survive him. It was a source of great satisfaction that his daughters are happy and independent and have never belonged to a labor union or been on a government payroll.
He loved them dearly and was enormously proud of their academic success achieved without public assistance at prestigious private prep schools and universities, and of their subsequent business success. He also leaves five grandchildren who were very dear to him.
His brother, Don Garrison of Oklahoma City, his sisters, Barbara Redman of Moore, Oklahoma and Pauline Priest of Enid, Oklahoma, all of whom were greatly loved, also survive him.
A memorial service and celebration of his life will be held at First Baptist Church of Moore, Oklahoma on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at 10:00 A.M.
In appreciation for the influence that he felt it had on his life and his acceptance of death, he asked that memorial contributions be made to the First Baptist Church, Amber, Oklahoma, 74004.
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