When Garth W Sherratt was born on 22 September 1925, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States, his father, John Bulloch Sherratt, was 24 and his mother, Mary Diantha Cox, was 26. He married Eileen Roberts on 29 September 1953, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1945. He died on 26 July 2009, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States.