Rev. Cleotha Garrison

Rev. Cleotha Garrison, 69,of Byhalia, died August 7, 2025, at his home in the Cayce Community. He was a member of Mt. Zion Taska MB Church where he served as a minister, deacon, and Sunday school superintendent. He sang in the mass choir and male chorus. He was an electrician at Carrier Inc. in Collierville, Tenn

Visitation will be held at J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home on Aug. 15 from 2-6 p.m. and on Aug. 16 at Mt. Zion Taska MB Church from 10-10:55 a.m. with services at 11 a.m. Frederick D. Garrison and Dexter J. Garrison will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

He leaves his wife, Earlene Shead Garrison; sons, Frederick DeWayne Garrison of Batesville, Dexter Jerome Garrison of Douglasville, Ga; sisters, Ruth Edwards of Forest City, Ark., Della Hooker of Byhalia, Georgia Smith of Collierville; brothers, Harrison Garrison of Byhalia, Pastor Harvey Garrison of Lamar, Carl Garrison of Collierville; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Issac H. and Dorthia Norman Garrison; siblings, Bernice Norfleet, Bernell Hull, Learlean Marshall, Elmore Kinkle, Edward L. Garrison and Bernard Norman Sr.