| | Garland had a history of congestive heart failure. He died at his Baton Rouge home at the age of eighty-two. Survivors included his wife, the former JoAnne Schoonmaker (born May 12, 1940); four daughters and their husbands, Alison Dias Edmonson, Dana Dias Sutton, Mitzi Dias Barber, and Laura Dias Murray, and ten grandchildren. Garland embraced [[Jesus Christ]] late in life. He was active in River Church South, established by the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Baton Rouge, where his services were held and he is interred at Resthaven Cemetery.<ref name=obit/> | | Garland had a history of congestive heart failure. He died at his Baton Rouge home at the age of eighty-two. Survivors included his wife, the former JoAnne Schoonmaker (born May 12, 1940); four daughters and their husbands, Alison Dias Edmonson, Dana Dias Sutton, Mitzi Dias Barber, and Laura Dias Murray, and ten grandchildren. Garland embraced [[Jesus Christ]] late in life. He was active in River Church South, established by the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Baton Rouge, where his services were held and he is interred at Resthaven Cemetery.<ref name=obit/> |