Catherine Lunsford Garrett OBITUARY
Catherine Lunsford Garrett OBITUARY
Catherine Lunsford Garrett, our beloved Cathy, passed away peacefully at Sentara Hospital on 09 September 2024. She lived a joyful, hopeful, vibrant life for 54 years; but recently, she had to fight courageously against cancer.
Born in Bermuda on June 30, 1970 to parents Robert Lee and Andrea McDearmid Lunsford, who were on a Navy tour, Cathy grew up in Virginia Beach, VA and Springfield, VA. A graduate of West Springfield High School, she earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree, With Distinction, at the University of Virginia McIntyre School of Business. She had a successful career as a certified public accountant, at progressively higher positions with the Hampton Roads Shipping Association – International Longshoremen’s Association (HRSA-ILA), becoming the head accountant and deputy administrator for the group.
Cathy was a loving and dedicated mother to her children, a loyal wife to her husband, a caring daughter, supportive sister, and a faithful and loving friend to her family, friends, and associates. Beyond her dedication at work, she loved to spend time with her family, loved gardening, loved the ocean, loved managing real estate, and loved get-togethers with extended family and friends. As the children were growing up, she never missed their soccer games, took them to the beach, to parks, and to the mountains, took them skiing, and was an involved parent for many years in boy scouts and girl scouts.
Left to cherish her memory are her four children, LTjg John Andrew Garrett, Jacqueline Ross and Duncan Lee Garrett, and Jennifer Levon Jones; her husband John Ethan Jones; her 1st husband, John Andrew Garrett; her parents, Robert and Andrea Lunsford and her brother, Robert A. Lunsford; as well as many close friends.
She gives her heartfelt thanks to all the doctors, nurses, and staff at Sentara Virginia Beach who helped her through her long illness and enabled her quality of life though such difficult times.
A funeral service will be held at Old Donation Episcopal Church at 11:00 AM, Friday, September 13th, 2024. A visitation will be held at H. D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Road Chapel, Virginia Beach, Thursday evening from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. The internment will be at Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery. Cathy’s life and legacy will be remembered by all who knew her. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.hdoliver.com.
