DATE: Sunday, September 21, 1997            TAG: 9709210039

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IRVIN S. GARRISH

Irvin Scott Garrish, 81, died Friday, Sept. 19, 1997, at a Norfolk hospital. Mr. Garrish was born in Raleigh and was a retired captain for the NCDOT Ferry Division. He was a member of the Ocracoke United Methodist Church, a member and past master of the Ocracoke Masonic Lodge No. 747, where he had achieved the title, ``33rd Degree Mason,'' and was a certified lecturer. Mr. Garrish was also a member of the Scottish Rite and Sudan Temple Shrine and was the first Hyde County Commissioner of Ocracoke Island. He was one of the first captains for the Ocracoke-Cedar Island Ferry and N.C. Highway 12 was named for him. He was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Coast Guard and also in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Garrish was the son of the late Myron A. Garrish and the late Agnes Scott Garrish and the husband of Elsie Ballance Garrish of the home.

Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Agnes Garrish Garrish and her husband, William, and Martha Garrish O'Neal and her husband, Ronnie Van, all of Ocracoke; a grandson, Ronnie Van O'Neal Jr., and wife, Julia; and a great-grandson, Ronnie V. O'Neal III, also of Ocracoke. He was preceded in death by his brother, Myron Garrish Jr.

A funeral will be held Monday, Sept. 22, at 11 a.m. at the Ocracoke United Methodist Church with the Rev. Allen Lovell officiating. Burial with Masonic rites will be in the Garrish Family Cemetery, Ocracoke. Memorial donations may be made to the Ocracoke United Methodist Church or the Ocracoke Masonic Lodge No. 747. Twiford's Island Chapel, Hatteras, is in charge of these arrangements. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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