1948
Gui
2024
Gui Dessert
July 13, 1948 — February 29, 2024
Gui Leslie Dessert, age 75 of Cartersville, Georgia passed away on February 29, 2024. He is preceded by his parents and younger brother. He is survived by his son and two daughters, five grandchildren, five siblings, and many nieces and nephews.
Gui was born on July 13, 1948, to Maurice Alphonse and Barbara Sherwood (Follansbee) Dessert in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He grew up on a dairy farm in Piermont, New Hampshire, being the second of seven siblings. His family moved back to Lebanon, New Hampshire where he graduated in 1966 got married and then drafted into the army in 1968 and did a Vietnam War tour. Upon Honorable discharge, he started his own business in general carpentry, mastering every aspect of home construction while getting his BA degree at Nathaniel Hawthorne College.
Hunting and fishing were favorite pastimes. He tagged a top 40 NH Big Game Record Book 10-point whitetail buck in the early 1980s. He moved to Cartersville, Georgia in 1994. He was a member of the local Moose Lodge Club and American Legion, always enjoying friendly games of horseshoes, darts or pool, or most any game of cards, particularly at regular family and friend gatherings. During retirement, he stayed active by gardening, caring for stray cats, keeping chickens, and building bird, dog, and well pump houses for sale and for gifting.
Gui's family will hold a memorial visitation on Thursday March 14, 2024, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Parnick Jennings Funeral Home. A memorial celebration will be held later in the year.
Parnick Jennings Funeral Home & Cremation Services is honored to serve the family of Gui Dessert; please visit www.parnickjenningsfuneral.com to share a memory and post a condolence message.
Gui was born on July 13, 1948, to Maurice Alphonse and Barbara Sherwood (Follansbee) Dessert in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He grew up on a dairy farm in Piermont, New Hampshire, being the second of seven siblings. His family moved back to Lebanon, New Hampshire where he graduated in 1966 got married and then drafted into the army in 1968 and did a Vietnam War tour. Upon Honorable discharge, he started his own business in general carpentry, mastering every aspect of home construction while getting his BA degree at Nathaniel Hawthorne College.
Hunting and fishing were favorite pastimes. He tagged a top 40 NH Big Game Record Book 10-point whitetail buck in the early 1980s. He moved to Cartersville, Georgia in 1994. He was a member of the local Moose Lodge Club and American Legion, always enjoying friendly games of horseshoes, darts or pool, or most any game of cards, particularly at regular family and friend gatherings. During retirement, he stayed active by gardening, caring for stray cats, keeping chickens, and building bird, dog, and well pump houses for sale and for gifting.
Gui's family will hold a memorial visitation on Thursday March 14, 2024, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Parnick Jennings Funeral Home. A memorial celebration will be held later in the year.
Parnick Jennings Funeral Home & Cremation Services is honored to serve the family of Gui Dessert; please visit www.parnickjenningsfuneral.com to share a memory and post a condolence message.
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