Karma Garrett

Funeral services for Karma Ann Garrett, 74, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, April 1, 2024, at First Christian Church, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Mrs. Garrett passed away at 4:50 a.m., Thursday, March 28, 2024, at West Vue Nursing Center with her husband and daughter by her side.

She was born April 25, 1949, at Warrensburg, Missouri, to Joe Lee Jackson and Dorothy Marie Nutter Jackson. On December 27, 1979, she was married in West Plains, to Waymon Garrett.

Karma loved her family. She felt that her husband was a gift from God, and she was blessed to spend nearly forty-five years with him. Together, their greatest accomplishment was raising their daughter. She was extremely proud of her and her family. She was so happy when she finally became a grandmother, and never missed a chance to share about her grandkids to anyone who would listen.

Karma was well loved because she treated everyone around her like family. She was the kind of person who made friends everywhere she went. She seemed to make a lasting impression on nearly everyone she met with her quick wit and her kind heart. Among other things, she enjoyed reading and traveling, but most of all she loved spending time with people.

Two of her passions were music and teaching. After graduating from Liberty High School in Liberty, Missouri in 1967, she went on to earn a Bachelor of Music degree from Southwest Baptist College in Bolivar, Missouri in 1972. She then moved to southern Missouri for her first teaching position in Koshkonong. Over the years, she taught music at Koshkonong School, Willow Springs Schools, and Glenwood Elementary. She also substituted at West Plains Elementary. Karma taught private piano lessons to many students over many years. It was important to her to share her love of music. Her daughter and granddaughter love singing and playing music because of her influence.

Karma attended First Christian Church for most of her adult life. She was always involved in the music ministry, playing organ and piano, and singing in the choir. When she retired from playing because she was no longer able, she wrote, “I play the organ at church because I love the Lord and that is one way I like to worship.”

She is survived by her husband, Waymon Garrett, of the family home; one daughter, Karrie Stokes and husband, Luke, West Plains; three grandchildren, Cadence, Reuben and Savannah Stokes; one brother, Kent Jackson and wife, Ceressa, Gladstone, Missouri; sister-in-law, Irene Garrett; Luke’s mother and her dear friend, Diana Stokes; four special friends of over 50 years, Susan, Linda, Anna Mae and Peggy; and several nieces and nephews.

Her parents, father-in-law and mother-in-law, Flemon and Vesta Garrett and one brother-in-law, Jackie D. Garrett, preceded her in death.

Burial will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Ozarks Christian Academy and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO 65775.