Mr. Dennis Andrew Garland, age 86, of Highway 140, White, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, May 5, 2024, at home surrounded by his loving family.
Dennis was born on Garland Mountain in Waleska, GA, March 12, 1938, son of the late General Briggs Garland and Beulah Hughes Garland. Mr. Garland was also preceded in death by his loving wife of 64 years, Dorothy Evelyn Cook Garland who passed on October 30, 2022; brothers, Coolidge, Homer, Jerry, Howard and Tom Garland; sisters, Ruth Barton and Bernise Garland; and son-in-law, Harry Evans. Mr. Garland was a faithful member of Faith Tabernacle Church and Master Mason at the Adairsville Masonic Lodge #168. Dennis loved his tractors and days spent on the farm baling hay and tending to his cattle and chicken houses. He enjoyed watching the Braves and eating at the Waffle House. Dennis will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother.
Survivors include his daughter, Angie Reece and her husband, Stephen; son, Michael Garland; grandsons, Carlos Evans and his wife Kayla and Chris Evans and his wife Penny; great-grandchildren, Taylor Evans and Jennifer and Govanni Sicairos; great great-grandchildren, Jovanna, Javi, and Jay Sicairos; several nieces, nephews, and his precious cat, Sadie.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 1:00 PM from the chapel of Barton Funeral Home with Reverends Randy Harris and Jimmy Garland officiating. Interment will follow in Faith Tabernacle Church Cemetery, Rydal. Pallbearers will be Carlos Evans, Chris Evans, Tony Gunn, David Bell, John Garland, and Lewis Cobb. Honorary pallbearers will be Phil Miller, Gary Garland, Bobby Potts, and Allen Ross.
The family will receive friends Monday evening from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Barton Funeral Home.
The family wishes to thank Dennis’s caretakers Connie Pack, Doris Barnes, Anita Cook, and the staff at Homespun Hospice, especially Michelle and Brooke for all their love and care during this time.
R. Dudley Barton & Son Funeral Home, Adairsville, will be in charge of funeral arrangements for Mr. Dennis Andrew Garland.
