Obituaries

Survivors include his wife of 33 years, Helen A. Garrett of Vienna; two children, Sarah G. Garrett and Ian Douglas Garrett, both of Vienna; his parents, Lucy and Bill Garrett of Great Falls; and a brother, Kenneth Garrett of Broad Run.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Thelma Mae WrightRed Cross Volunteer

Thelma Mae Wright, 97, a career volunteer with the Red Cross who supervised the sewing production room where foreign ambassadors' wives made clothing items for use in local hospitals, died of pneumonia Feb. 24 at her home at the Residences at Thomas Circle in Washington.

Mrs. Wright, who volunteered with the Red Cross for more than 40 years, guided the women in how to cut patterns and make booties and robes. She volunteered there every week until 1992.

She received the Red Cross D.C. Chapter's Volunteer of the Year award in 1989.

Mrs. Wright also volunteered as an information specialist at the Smithsonian Institution for 22 years and after achieving emeritus status was often called upon for special projects, said a family friend, Donald Morency.

A native of Ramona, Okla., she attended the University of Central Oklahoma.

She married and moved to Portland, Ore., where she began volunteering with the Red Cross. The couple lived in San Francisco and Los Angeles before settling in Washington in 1967.

Her husband of 59 years, Paul H. Wright, died in 1992.

Mrs. Wright was a "big sports nut. She knew everything about sports . . . baseball and football," said Morency. "She could name players and stats."