Imogene Elta Garrett

Imogene was born in St. Charles, Virginia on April 21, 1930 to Walter Jerome and Delia Pearl Hughes. On July 28, 1947 she married Cecil H. Garrett. Together they had three daughters: Rev. Phyllis G. DeBella (John) of Clearwater, FL; Pamela B. Benson (Kelly) of Fort Collins, CO; and Karen G. Youmans (Walt) of Pinellas Park, FL. Cecil died in 1991 and in August 1998 she married Harold McConnell in Clearwater, FL. She was a member of New Testament Baptist Church in Largo, FL.

Imogene is survived by her three daughters, 10 grandchildren (Sara DeBella, Joshua DeBella, Jeremy Benson, Jonathan Benson, Rachel Ready, Amanda Visser, Amy DeBella, Nicholas Youmans, John J. DeBella, and Vanessa Youmans, 12 great-grandchildren, sister, Kathleen Hilton of Roanoke, VA, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, five sisters and two brothers.

A private memorial service for family and close friends will take place at 2:00 pm on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 at Sylvan Abbey Chapel in Clearwater, FL.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made in her name to the charity of your choice.