STRAIGHT – On July 30, 2021, Gary Richard Straight lost his 6-month battle with Stage
4 lung cancer at the Hospice of the Golden Isles. Gary was born in Seattle Washington
on December 29, 1948 to the late Robert and Margaret Straight who also had another
son named Robert (Bob). Gary is survived by his wife, Jeannie, of 39 years who was
also born on December 29th but 2 years earlier than Gary. She was proud to have been
his "Baby Cougar".
Gary graduated from Central Washington University in 1971 and immediately went to
work for GE Capital. After 14 years Gary decided to leave Corporate America and go
into the Executive Search business and eventually created his own company. In June of
2003, Gary and Jeannie moved to Saint Marys. In 2005, Gary purchased S and S Pools
but by September of that year, Gary knew he needed more space so he engaged Bill
Gross of Gross Construction to build it for him. In 2007. III Palms Plaza became a
reality. As if running a business and being a landlord wasn't enough, over the years
here in Saint Marys, Gary has been a board member of the Camden County Chamber
of Commerce and until earlier this year, when he had to step down due to his failing
health, he was the Chairman of the downtown Development Authority for Saint Marys.
Shortly after they moved to Saint Marys, he and Jeannie became members of the
Camden-Kings Bay Navy League where Jeannie is currently serving as Treasurer.
Gary had quit smoking over 30 years ago and 2 years ago his lung x-ray showed no
signs of what was to come. During Gary's cancer journey, he was being treated by
some of the finest and most dedicated, professional medical personnel and their teams.
Jeannie would like to express her gratitude for all they did to give Gary the best quality
of life and Jeannie as much time as possible with her best friend as they could.

Her thanks go out to Dr. Abraham Cheong, Dr. Daniel Dino, Dr. Herman Levy, Dr. Kenyon
Meadows and the wonderful medical personnel on the second floor of our Saint Marys
hospital where Gary was for 10 days prior to being moved to hospice care. Although
Gary was only at the Hospice of the Golden Isles for 4 days prior to his death, it was
evident to Jeannie the staff was dedicated to making the end-of-life event as peaceful
and pain free as they could for him.

A celebration of Gary's life is being planned for later date this year.