Carolyn Pickens Garrett

Ms. Carolyn (Carrie) Pickens Garrett, 82, beloved daughter of the late William Armstead Garrett and the late Elizabeth Howard Garrett, entered into rest on Thursday, June 11, 2026 at her residence.

Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 15, 2026 at Westover Memorial Park with The Rev. Dr. Talmadge Joe Bowden and The Rev. Dr. Bunny Simon Williams officiating.

Carrie began her working career at Southern Finance Corporation, which was owned by her father, William A. Garrett and she continued working in the Residential Sales Division after it was purchased by E. G. Meybohm and became Meybohm Realtors. She retired as a vice president. In addition to being a successful realtor, Carrie and Dorothy Thompson, a nurse who had been working with women addicted to chemical substances, cofounded Hope House. Carrie considered it the most important achievement in her life and devoted many years to making it grow and help as many women as it could. To this day it has continued to provide a safe and inclusive environment for all who seek assistance. It is now funded by the state of Georgia.

Survivors include her two sisters, Elizabeth Garrett Reese (Dough) and Isaetta (Zetta) Phinizy Garrett, both of Augusta; two nieces, Kathryn “Kate” O’Connell Klein (Jeff) of Rocky Point, North Carolina, and Elizabeth Hanson Holmes (Lee) of Edgefield, South Carolina; seven great nieces, one great-great nephew, and one great-great niece. She was predeceased in death by her nephew, Alan Garrett Hanson. No words can express what a blessing Maria Cephas, Phillip Cephas, Latassha Devine, Jenny Lowe, Barbara Hudson, Debi Drummond, Bill Coxwell, Randy Wise, G.J. Boles, Aaron Green, Monie Mcnamee, Carol and Fred Palmer, James Ikerd, Cathy Wall, Joyce Shuford, Julie Baxter, Kathryn Lamar, Sandra and Scott Allen, Crow Felton, Sherry Boaz, Michelle Barenie and all of Carrie’s neighbors were to her in her last years. They loved and supported her in any way they could and made her life so abundant with joy and laughter they brought to her. God bless them all!

Honorary pallbearers will be Clark O. Klein, E. G. Meybohm, James M. Hull, F. Wallace Palmer, Aaron Green, James Ikerd, James E. Felton, and Demetrius Jones and are requested to meet at the Westover Memorial Park, 2601 Wheeler Road, Augusta, GA, on Monday June 15, 2026, at 9:30 am. 

If so desired, memorials may be made to Hope House, Inc., P. O. Box 3597, Augusta, GA 30914.

The family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 14, 2026, at Platt’s Funeral Home on Crawford Avenue. Platt’s Funeral Home, 721 Crawford Avenue, Augusta, Georgia.

Arrangements are being provided by Platt's Funeral Home, 721 Crawford Avenue, Augusta, GA 30904 (706) 733-3636. Please take a moment to share your condolences by signing the online guestbook at plattsfuneralhome.com.