An Ocala family is grieving the loss of a beloved patriarch who got lost on his way to get gas and drove onto train tracks that he confused for a side road, just one day after his family held a discussion about the man’s battle with dementia.
Family and friends are mourning the loss of Robert Edsel Garrett, 72, an Ocala patriarch who would “literally give you the shirt off his back if you needed it,” according to his granddaughter, Leigh Anne Campbell.
Garrett’s life came to a tragic end on Monday, October 27, when his vehicle was struck by a southbound train along State Road 326…