Dexter Gabbard

Eulogy by Dexs' Mother

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO THOSE WHO DIDN’T KNOW MY SON.
HE WAS MY ROCK.  HE HAD MORE WISDOM THAN I WILL EVER HAVE.  I KNOW MOM’S ALWAYS THINK THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE SPECIAL AND THEY ARE, BUT DEXTER TRULY WAS UNIQUE.  HE IS THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW IN MY ENTIRE LIFE THAT WAS THE MOST CARING, GIVING, LOVING HUMAN BEING.  HE HELD GREAT MORALS AND VALUES OF WHICH WERE NEVER COMPROMISED.  HE LOVED LIFE AND I MEAN HE REALLY LOVED LIFE!  HE LOVED THE THINGS IN LIFE.   HE WAS A:

•    GRADUATE OF UK
•    A 2ND LT IN THE  ROTC AND KY NATIONAL GUARD
•    HE JUMPED FROM PLANES AND GOT HIS WINGS AND LOVED IT
•    NO WORDS FOR HIS COOKING HE WOULD TRY ANYTHING AND IT ALWAYS CAME OUT GREAT
•    HE CLIMBED MT RAINIER AND LOVED THAT
•    HE WAS A SCUBA DIVER
•    A FISHERMAN
•    A HUNTER
•    LOVED HIKING AND CAMPING
•    KAYAKING
•    LOVED MUSIC
•    TRIED SURFING AND LOVED THAT
•    WASN’T A SELFISH BONE IN HIM
•    HE HAD SUCH A CREATIVE MIND
•    ACTIVE MEMBER IN HIS CHURCH.  EVEN MAKING THEM TSHIRTS AT HIS COST AND SELLING THEM AT ALL THE SERVICES ON SUNDAYS TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR THE CHURCH
•    HE VOLUNTEERED AT THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
•    HE WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER
•    HE WAS PRESIDENT OF FRIENDS OF FORT DESOTA. RAISING MONEY FOR THE BEACH AND PERSONALLY PLANTING THOUSANDS OF SEA OATS
•    HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE SAVING OF THE SEA TURTLES.
•    HE WAS IN A VIDEO WITH DOLLY PARTON
•    IN A MOVIE (AS AN EXTRA) WITH SAMUAL JACKSON
•    HE LOVED THE WATER AND BEACHES YET LOVED THE MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF NATURE.
•    ALWAYS FOUND GOOD IN SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
•    HE WAS A TRAVELER  AND WANTED TO TRAVEL SO MUCH MORE
•    HE WOULD GO SOMEWHERE IN A MOMENTS NOTICE AND SOMETIMES TO MY DISMAY I WOULD GET A TEXT PICTURE FROM HIM AND HAVE TO TEXT BACK AND SAY NOW WHERE ARE YOU?
•    HE TRULY BELIEVED IN GOD AND HEAVEN AND HELL
•    HE STRIVED TO BE THE BEST PERSON HE COULD
•    HE HAD TOLD ME THAT HE JUST WANTS TO BE A GOOD PERSON IN LIFE
•    HE WAS SO GIVING AND GAVE ALL HE COULD WITHOUT EXPECTING OR TAKING ANYTHING  IN RETURN
•    IF HE COULD HELP HE WAS THERE YET WOULDN’T ASK OF ANYONE  FOR HIMSELF

HE LOVED AND LIVED FOR HIS COMPANY “HUGE BRAND” IT WAS A DREAM OF HIS AND WAS FINALLY HIS DREAM WAS COMING TO BE.  HE PUT EVERYTHING INTO THIS COMPANY AS HE DID WITH EVERYTHING THAT HE GOT INVOLVED WITH.  HE WAS A JOKER AND LOVED TO TELL STORIES AND SOMETIME SOME JOKES THAT ONLY DEXTER WOULD FIND FUNNY.  HE WAS A GREAT LISTENER.  HE BELIEVED IN GOD HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS THE MOST INPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE.

HE HAD SO MUCH MORE THAT HE WANTED TO DO, SEE THE SUCCESS OF HIS COMPANY, TRAVEL, ACT, WRITE STORIES AND SAVE THE WORLD.

I WILL MISS HIM MORE THAN ANYONE COULD EVER IMAGINE.  HE WAS A GREAT SON, BROTHER, UNCLE, AND FRIEND.  I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED BY GOD TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BE THIS PERSON’S MOTHER.  WOW WHAT AN HONOR!!  I WILL CHERISH EVERY MOMENT OF HIS LIFE THAT I HAD WITH HIM .I WILL MISS HIS COOKING AND CALLING AND GIVING ME GREAT RECIPES THAT HE HAD MADE.

IT HAS BEEN AMAZING TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM WHAT HE MEANT TO THEM AND HOW TRULY SPECIAL HE WAS.  I WISH HE COULD SEE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT HIM. 

THE LAST JOKE DEXTER TOLD ME WEDNESDAY BEFORE HE PASSED WAS 3 DOGS WERE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND SAW THIS GORGEOUS FEMALE POODLE. THE POODLE NOTICING GOES UP TO THE 3 DOGS AND SAYS I WILL GO OUT WITH ONE OF YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU THE WORD “LIVER CHEESE”.  WHOEVER USES IT BEST IN A SENTENCE WILL BE THE ONE I PICK.  THE DOBERMAN SAYS I LOVE LIVER CHEESE. THE POODLE SAYS THAT S KINDA LAME.  THE ROTWEILLER SAYS I HATE LIVER CHEESE.  AGAIN THE POODLE SAYS THAT’S STILL LAME.  THE CHIHUHUA SAYS “LIVER ALONE CHEESE MINE”. THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR THUNDER KNOW THAT DEXTER IN HEAVEN FINALLY GOT A JOKE RIGHT AND THEY ARE ROARING WITH LAUGHTER IN HEAVEN. 

I LOVE YOU SON AND I KNOW THAT TRULY YOU ARE IN HEAVEN AND MY TEARS ARE ONLY BECAUSE I WILL MISS YOUR LOVE, HUGS AND KISSES, WISDOM, SMILES, JOKES AND THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE.  HAVE FUN IN HEAVEN….

Kaeleen Coe

April 28, 2014

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