GARRETT'S BLOOD CRIETH - LET THERE BE UNITY AMONG OUR NATIONS
This Beloved Son, Grandson, Brother, Uncle, Nephew and Friend was stabbed 4 times in the back at a Socorro skate park and died June 6th, the following morning from loss of blood at Socorro Hospital in Socorro, New Mexico. He had been born in Gallup, N.M., into the Apache People Clan for the Towering House People Clan.He won a scholarship to college with an essay he wrote. This talented American Indian age 22, was also a gifted writer and had completed his freshman year at New Mexico Intitute of Mining and Technology(NMTech). He would have been a returning sophomore to become a Civil Engineer.He had a passion for skateboarding, animals, cooking, kids, teaching, family & friends. Surviving are his grieving mother, Bernice Etsitty and Elmer Johnson; sisters: Lanice Jackson of Aztec, N.M. and Natasha Joe of Glendale, Arizona; and grandmothers: Dixie Mustach of Littlewater and Rosemary Cadman Joe of China Springs, N.M. He was preceeded in death by his father, Anson Joe; brother Brandon J. Joe; and grandfather, Stewart K. Etsitty. Christian services were officiated by Elder Jameson Joe. Burial was at the family plot in Littlewater, New Mexico.
A Candlelight Service and dedication was also held by the City Council, Mayor Ravi Bhasker, and friends of Socorro, New Mexico.There are plans on naming the park in which he was killed, for him. He was an outstanding skateboarder, it was his life and his soul. Garrett 'Apache' Joe had planned on building a new park for the children, upon his completion of college. He took great pride in his Apache heritage... There are various stories on the internet, some true, some false. I have attempted to list the correct names of the family here. Garrett tested negative for drugs. The complete story of his death will be told after the sentencing of the 3 suspects and their mother.