Beverly Ann Breymeyer Garrett, 71, of Okeechobee, Fla. and Massac County, died May 17, 2014, at the Baptist Health of Paducah, Ky.

She was born in Watseka, Ill. on Jan. 29, 1943, to the late Clarence and Helena Duis Breymeyer. She was a member of the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Metropolis, Ill. She had a degree in home economics from St. Olaf College. She taught kindergarten at Jefferson School in Massac County.

On July 17, 1966, she married her surviving husband, William David Garrett. Also surviving are two children, Mark Garrett and Martha Bonner and husband Michael; two grandchildren, Allison and Andrew Bonner; two brothers, Gayle Breymeyer and wife Cindy and Deane Breymeye; and a sister, Carolyn Breymeyer.

For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and be left at the funeral home.