William Emmett Garrett, son of James Madison Garrett (born in Lowndes County, Alabama) and Sophronia Arabella "Belle" Garrett (born in Clinton County, Missouri), married Adele Josephine Abbott on December 7, 1907 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. They had at least two daughters: Alva Adelle and Willa Mae "Billie." Alva married Eugene Current-Garcia who became a professor of English at Auburn University. Billie married Kenneth Day Johansen. Kenneth died in Belleview, King County, Washington.

The U.S. Census (1920) Calcasieu Parish shows the following:

"Those in your house were:

h) William E. Garrett 38y, parents born in Missouri, a traveling salesman
w) Adele Garrett 30y, father born in Alabama, mother
born in Louisiana
d) Alva Garrett 9y,6m, born Louisiana
r) Evelina Pujo 52y, born in Louisana, a teacher in a stenographic school

[r = roomer; apparently Francois Evalina Pujo was renting a room from William and Adele; she is buried in this cemetery in the Pujo section.]

The U.S. Census (1930) Calcasieu Parish shows the following:

h) William E. Garrett, 48y, born in AL, father born in AL, mother born in MO, district manager for an oil company
w) Adele J. Garrett, 42y, born in LA, father born in LA, mother born in LA
d) Alva G., 19y, born in LA, father born in AL, mother born in LA
d) Billie, 6y, born in LA, father born in AL, mother born in LA
r) Ida Harrington, 40y, born in LA, father born in OH, mother born in MO, a public school teacher
r) Lucy Pricket, 39, born in LA, parents born in LA, a public school teacher

The same two ladies, Ida Harrington and Lucy Pricket, were still living with William and Adele in the 1940 census. Alva was not in the household but Billie was still there.

Education was an important factor in the Garrett family. William Emmett's mother was a school teacher. His brother, Ephraim, was at one time a teacher and his sister, Missouri Belle Garrett Scarborough was teacher of the year for Alabama. As stated previously, William's daughter, Alva, married a professor at Auburn. It is not surprising that William and Adele housed teachers in their home.