Dr. J. L. Garrett is a native of Newton, Texas. He graduated from Liberty High School in Newton. Dr. Garrett then attended Prairie View Colleg and went on to Tuskegee University where he obtained a Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine Degree. He then went on to serve his county as a Captain in the United States Air Force. After his tour of duty, Dr. Garrett resided in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the year of 1960, he moved his family to Hammond, Louisiana where he opened a Veterinarian Clinic thus, becoming the first African American Veterinarian in the City of Hammond.
Source: The Collection of Henry Jackson
