BURFORDVILLE -- Opal A. Garrett, 79, of Kansas City died Sunday, April 11, 1999, at Grandview Manor in Grandview. She was formerly of Burfordville.

She was born Dec. 8, 1919, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Luther and Carrie Chenowith Andrews. She and Earnest W. Garrett were married March 20, 1981.

Garrett worked at Nazarene Publishing House in Kansas City more than 30 years, retiring in 1982. She was a member of First Church of the Nazarene.

Survivors include her husband; a stepson, David Garrett of Oklahoma City, Okla.; two stepdaughters, Judy Kirtley of Oklahoma City, Marcia Dell of Kansas City; a brother, Dayton Andrews of Cordova, Tenn.; a sister, Wilma Davenport of Lakeland, Tenn.; eight stepgrandchildren; and eight great-stepgrandchildren.

Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. The Rev. Virgil Bunch will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.