June 13, 2022, 62, Patetown –

Anthony Gerald “Cowboy” Garris, 62, of Patetown passed away Monday, June 13, 2022 at Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro.

Services will be held at a later date.

Mr. Garris was born in Virginia on July 21, 1959 to the late William Gerald and Marjorie Pridgen Garris.

He is survived by his wife, Jenny Sasser Garris; two sons, Cody Garris and wife, Tara of Princeton and Jake Garris of Raleigh and fiancé, Emily; three sisters, Angela Hughston of Faison, Rose Beasley and husband, Ricky of Mt. Olive and Sallie Fiore husband, Ralph of Clayton; his mother-in-law, Maxine Sasser of Patetown; one grandson, Jackson and a granddaughter on the way, Adaline; and his aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.

The family is in the care of Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro.