In the Aroostook Times, issue dated 8May1912, was the following obituary for Mrs. Martha Garrison:"Once again has death placed its hand on one of our older residents,and in the death of Mrs. Martha
Garrison there is removed from our community a woman who will be greatly missed as a friend and neighbor. Always ready to lend a helping hand to the needy or sick, her sympathy with any and all good movements, an ardent worker in the
Baptist church of which she was a member, she was a woman whom everyone loved and valued as a friend.
Mrs. Garrison had been ill for some time and while death was not unexpected, the news of her death came as a shock. Her two daughters, Miss Lydia
Garrison of
Boston, and Mrs. Arthur
Whitman of Portland were with her during her illness and ministered to her wants in a devoted manner. She also leaves two sons, Robert, a senior of
Houlton High School and Harry B. of Portland,
Oregon. The family have the sympathy of the entire community.
The floral tributes were beautiful and abundant, showing the esteem in which she was held by her friends.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Rev. H.G. Kennedy officiating. Burial in the family lot in Evergreen cemetery."
