Samuel Leon Garrett, age 22 of Cookeville, passed away Wednesday, May 19, 2021 surrounded by friends and family.
Samuel was a graduate of Clarksville Academy and Montgomery Bell Academy. He also attended Belmont University and Tennessee Tech. He was a captain and an assistant coach for the MBA skeet shooting team and Jr. Olympics team.
He was born October 22, 1998 in Clarksville, TN to Kenneth Michael Garrett and Amy Sumner. He is survived by his father, Dr. Michael Garrett, stepmother, Dr. Lisa Garrett; mother, Amy Sumner Brown, stepfather Billy Brown; wife, Jenna Garrett; grandmother, Judy (Joseph) Bryer; sisters: Hannah (Brian) Menhennet, stepsister, Stephanie (Trent) Roeske; nephews and nieces: McClane Garrett, Lennon Menhennet, Copeland Menhennet, Leo Menhennet, Deklyn Braddy, Delaney Braddy; mother-in-law, Janet Smith, lifelong friend, Tyler Smith and his beloved dogs, Charlie and Lucy.
Garrett was a member of the 2015 MBA football team, which reached the Division II-A State Championship game and was the school’s 2017 “Top Gun” for the highest average skeet-shooting score. He won the Alabama and South Carolina Jr. Sporting clay championship as well as the 2019 Jr. World championship. Sam received the Francis E. Carter Jr. Award for Service and Achievement at Honors Night and the MBA Shotgun Team Captain and Top Gun Award in 2017.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that gifts be made to Montgomery Bell Academy to endow the Sam Garrett Award, an honor given annually in Sam’s memory to further develop MBA Shotgun, and to the Rally Foundation to raise funds for juvenile osteosarcoma cancer.
Services will be held Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home with Marc Ardisson and Rev. Ronnie Sivells officiating. Visitation will be held, Sunday, May 23, 2021 at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until the hour of service. Interment will be at Resthaven Memorial Gardens following service.
Arrangements are entrusted to Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home, 1510 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040; (931) 645-6488. Online condolences may be made at www.nealtarpleyparchman.com.