David Benjamin Garrard Obituary (1986

David Benjamin Garrard, passed on, June 23, 2021, at the age of 34, in Provo, Utah, leaving behind four siblings including a twin, two parents, and three grandparents. David was born September 26, 1986, as an identical twin with Joseph Hyrum Garrard in Provo, Utah. His parents are Joseph LaMar Garrard and Warunya Roberts. His siblings include Jonathan Charles, Jacob Biadchad, Angela Loreeta, and Joseph Hyrum, and his grandparents, Chanchai and Wanida Chaichanachot and LaMar and Agnes Garrard. As a child, David and Joseph were inseparable. For the first couple of years, they had their own language that only they could understand. As they grew older, they developed friendships with many of the same people in school and played on mostly the same basketball and football teams. Once he reached high school football, Joseph played the running back position and David the receiver position. Their first coach, Bill Jones was a great mentor and friend and taught them many important rules to football and to life. Those were the high school years David cherished the most. After high school, David worked for several years before starting to study at UVU. He later studied at SUU while living with his brother Joseph and Joseph’s wife Carina. David later moved to Provo to live with his grandmother, Agnes Garrard. They spent many hours together watching the Utah Jazz play and watching Ghost Hunters for fun. David loved to visit his Thai grandparents and eat their Thai food, especially the spicy food. David worked at many jobs including roofing around Utah Valley and a cook’s assistant at a Japanese restaurant in Provo. In every working experience he made new friends had new opportunities to talk about music, politics, and his family. David’s goal though was to work as a teacher, probably high school, teaching football and film studies. David was always talking about the many stories he wanted to write. David’s funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at the Edgemont 2nd Ward Chapel, 555 East 3230 North Provo, Utah, with a viewing starting at 9:30 a.m. prior to services. He will be interred at the Timpanogos Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Orem, Utah. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.bergmortuary.com.