Death of James Leo Garrett

[Rvaughn]

[Sandy]

He was an excellent professor. Hard to take notes from, he earned the nick-name "gatling-gun Garrett" from students but wow, was he engaging. He was a blessing.

[Rvaughn]

Professor Garrett in his last years resided in the town where I work and was a member of the First Baptist Church there. His wife was a native of the county. I did not know him personally, but people who did thought he was a very nice man, a gentleman and a scholar.

I intended to link his obituary in the first post, but failed to do so.

[Sandy]

Garrett survived the conservative resurgence in spite of having the resume of most of those on the moderate side, along with lots of connections and associations with moderate Baptists. His theology was conservative, but so was everyone else's at Southwestern, including some of those who voluntarily made an exit when they saw what was coming. He was, remarkably, able to remain who he always was and continued teaching the way he always did without damaging his reputation by paying homage to the resurgence's leadership or moving further to the right. I wasn't sure where he ended up, church-wise, but First Baptist Church of Nacogdoches is probably a predictable place. It's a Texas Baptist congregation that never hopped on the CBF bandwagon, but also never leaned in the direction of the SBTC.

[Rvaughn]

Garrett's wife was from just down the road in Garrison.

[Rvaughn]

Tribute from a former student: