- Date Of Birth: July 8, 1923
- Date Of Death: October 1, 2021
- State: Kentucky
Garnett Everman Qualls, age 98, of North Tolliver Road, Morehead, went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 1, 2021, at St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead.
Born July 8, 1923, in Gregoryville, in Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Orra and Iona Everman. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by five sisters, Lillian Everman, Lorraine Brown, June Hawkins, Jewell Burch, and Jean Bramblett.
Garnett’s loving husband of 75 years, William Verlin Qualls, whom she married February 9, 1946, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 3, 2021, two days after Garnett’s passing. She is survived one son, Joel Aaron (Jackie) Qualls of Morehead; one daughter, Mary Gay Lambert of Olive Hill; four grandchildren, Denita (Wayne) Warren, Jamie (Derrick) Armstrong, James Qualls, and Beau (Kristi) Lambert; six great grandchildren, Joshua Warren, Crystal Hunt, Matthew Warren, Frankie and Catie Smith, and Ronnie Beth Lambert; and four great grandchildren, Addison, Jack and Jake Warren, and Sylas.
Other survivors include two brothers, Don Everman and Darrell Everman, both of Grayson; two sisters, Sandy Allen of Paducah and Gay Washburn of Lexington; and several nieces and nephews.
Garnett was the fourth child of ten and no stranger to hard work. Her father and his two mules hired out to other farmers so Ma and the girls worked the farm. She worked at Erie School to pay her tuition and it was there she met Verlin.
She helped in World War II by going to Columbus, Ohio, and working at Wright-Patterson making radios for the Helldiver airplanes. After two years, she moved to Frankfort and worked at the Kentucky State Capitol with her sister Gay until Verlin returned from the Army.
Garnett was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed being Verlin’s wife and co-owner of Qualls Wholesale Grocery in Olive Hill until they sold it in 1972. In 1958 they moved to Morehead where Garnett worked at Cowden’s Outlet. When Cowden’s closed, she enjoyed staying at home and taking care of the house, children and grandchildren. She also helped Verlin with their farms in Fleming and Carter counties.
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