Samuel Leon Garrett
Samuel Leon Garrett was born on October 22, 1998 in Clarksville, Tennessee, the youngest of two children born to Kenneth Michael Garrett and Amy Denise Sumner Garrett. Amy was a native of Christian County, Kentucky and a descendant of James Thomas, Jr. Kenneth was a resident of Clarksville and was a 1978 graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine with a DDS degree and practiced general dentistry in Clarksville. Sam’s only sibling was a sister, Hannah Elizabeth Garrett, born in 1991 and married Brian Menhennet.
Sam spent his elementary school years as a student at Clarksville Academy in Clarksville and went on to graduate in 2019 from Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Belmont College in Nashville and then went on to attend Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee.
While at MBA, Sam was on the Shotgun Team, where he was also the captain and assistant coach, for the MBA Skeet Shooting Team and Junior Olympics Team. In 2017, he was the “Top Gun” for the highest average scorer. He won the Alabama and South Carolina Junior Sporting Clay Championship, as well as the 2019 Junior World Championship. Sporting clays is a form of clay pigeon shooting often described as “golf with a shotgun.” Sam also received the Francis E Carter Jr. Award for Service and Achievement at Honors Night, MBA Shotgun Team Captain, and Top Gun Award in 2017. In addition, in 2015 Sam was on the Division 2-A State Champion football team.
Sam was married to Jenna Smith and they had no children.
A young victim of cancer, Sam died at the age of 22 on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 in Cookeville, Tennessee, where he had made his home. He was buried in the Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Clarksville.
MBA established the Sam Garrett Award. This award is presented to a
shooter who, like Sam Garrett, is a leader that hones the direction of
the team and helps everyone around him improve. Displaying great
sportsmanship, enthusiasm, and perseverance, this shooter pushes
everyone to be the best they can be, setting a great example, raising
the bar and elevating the game. The award is given annually in Sam’s
memory and to further develop the Montgomery Bell Academy Shotgun Team, a
team that meant a great deal to Sam.
Sam Garrett tombstone
LINEAGE: (Samuel Leon Garrett was the son of Kenneth Michael and Amy Denise Sumner Garrett and the grandson of Billy Wayne and Judy Ezell Sumner. Billy was the second child of Jessie James and Eunice Thomas Sumner. Eunice was the third child of John Cullen “Taylor” and Myrtle Green Chewning Thomas. Taylor was the ninth child of Carroll and Frances Wills Vinson Thomas. Carroll was the second child of James Jr. and Margaret Ethridge Thomas. James, Jr. was the sixth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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