He is the son of Algernon Hill Garnett and Clara Florence Parkell (sometimes spelled Parkhill).
He married Hazel Beatrice Harkness on September 22, 1917 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.
1920 Census: He was living at 188 Westminster Street in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan with his wife. He was working as a writer in advertising. He rented the house he lived in. He could read and write. Also living with them was his father in law, William Harkness who was 71 years old and his sister in law H. Marian Seely who was 42 years old.
1953: According to his death index, he was living in Key West, Monroe, Florida.
Published in The Daily Herald on May 17, 1988, Page 4:
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP)- Burrett Parkell Garnett, a longtime journalist who continued writing for a syndicated weekly column for the Scripps-Howard News Service after he turned 100, died Friday. He was 100.
Garnett began his 86-year career in journalism as a printer's helper for the Albuquerque Journal. He worked for the Cleveland Leader and Duluth, Minn., News-Tribune before he became correspondent for the Washington bureau of United Press in 1918. Garnett was managing editor of Washington Herald and Washington Daily News.
In 1923 he founded Editorial Research Report, a service that provided background material for editorial writers. He remained a partner until 1944.
Interment is unknown. Any help is appreciated.
He married Hazel Beatrice Harkness on September 22, 1917 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.
1920 Census: He was living at 188 Westminster Street in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan with his wife. He was working as a writer in advertising. He rented the house he lived in. He could read and write. Also living with them was his father in law, William Harkness who was 71 years old and his sister in law H. Marian Seely who was 42 years old.
1953: According to his death index, he was living in Key West, Monroe, Florida.
Published in The Daily Herald on May 17, 1988, Page 4:
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP)- Burrett Parkell Garnett, a longtime journalist who continued writing for a syndicated weekly column for the Scripps-Howard News Service after he turned 100, died Friday. He was 100.
Garnett began his 86-year career in journalism as a printer's helper for the Albuquerque Journal. He worked for the Cleveland Leader and Duluth, Minn., News-Tribune before he became correspondent for the Washington bureau of United Press in 1918. Garnett was managing editor of Washington Herald and Washington Daily News.
In 1923 he founded Editorial Research Report, a service that provided background material for editorial writers. He remained a partner until 1944.
Interment is unknown. Any help is appreciated.
He is the son of Algernon Hill Garnett and Clara Florence Parkell (sometimes spelled Parkhill).
He married Hazel Beatrice Harkness on September 22, 1917 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.
1920 Census: He was living at 188 Westminster Street in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan with his wife. He was working as a writer in advertising. He rented the house he lived in. He could read and write. Also living with them was his father in law, William Harkness who was 71 years old and his sister in law H. Marian Seely who was 42 years old.
1953: According to his death index, he was living in Key West, Monroe, Florida.
Published in The Daily Herald on May 17, 1988, Page 4:
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP)- Burrett Parkell Garnett, a longtime journalist who continued writing for a syndicated weekly column for the Scripps-Howard News Service after he turned 100, died Friday. He was 100.
Garnett began his 86-year career in journalism as a printer's helper for the Albuquerque Journal. He worked for the Cleveland Leader and Duluth, Minn., News-Tribune before he became correspondent for the Washington bureau of United Press in 1918. Garnett was managing editor of Washington Herald and Washington Daily News.
In 1923 he founded Editorial Research Report, a service that provided background material for editorial writers. He remained a partner until 1944.
Interment is unknown. Any help is appreciated.
He married Hazel Beatrice Harkness on September 22, 1917 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.
1920 Census: He was living at 188 Westminster Street in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan with his wife. He was working as a writer in advertising. He rented the house he lived in. He could read and write. Also living with them was his father in law, William Harkness who was 71 years old and his sister in law H. Marian Seely who was 42 years old.
1953: According to his death index, he was living in Key West, Monroe, Florida.
Published in The Daily Herald on May 17, 1988, Page 4:
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP)- Burrett Parkell Garnett, a longtime journalist who continued writing for a syndicated weekly column for the Scripps-Howard News Service after he turned 100, died Friday. He was 100.
Garnett began his 86-year career in journalism as a printer's helper for the Albuquerque Journal. He worked for the Cleveland Leader and Duluth, Minn., News-Tribune before he became correspondent for the Washington bureau of United Press in 1918. Garnett was managing editor of Washington Herald and Washington Daily News.
In 1923 he founded Editorial Research Report, a service that provided background material for editorial writers. He remained a partner until 1944.
Interment is unknown. Any help is appreciated.
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