Obituary of Guy Ussery

In Memoriam: Guy Contento Ussery

06/04/1959-08/09/2024

Some people are just such a treasure that we have no choice but to bury them. Guy Contento Ussery hitched a dragon off this planet (In his imagination) on 08/09/2024 at the age of 65.

Guy would tell you that he presented the side of himself which you deserved to see. So, whether you thought he was an amazing person or a son of a B, you are correct.

Guy was born on 6/4/1959, somewhere down south. It was hot, there were gators. He lived the military brat life for a while before he and his family settled down in Moravia, NY (Why?!). After that, he joined the Marines himself before parting ways for, uh… differing policies on substance use. He then embarked on an epic journey of music, bounty hunting, debauchery, marriage(s), and propagation until finally ending his career as distribution manager for the Cortland Standard. He helped a lot of people. He hurt a lot of people. He was a grump sometimes, but he had fun.

In the end there were a lot of health problems and general mayhem, but when you live hard, you die hard. Just a moment after the life support was removed at Community General, in Syracuse, the lullaby signifying that a new life was born played across the speakers - We have no doubt he's out there right now, doing it all over. 

Guy is preceded in death by a bunch of people and survived by a lot more. This isn't about them. Guy requested no ceremony, no bells—no whistles. He wants us to drop his ashes in his favorite river, so that he can go back to nature. Don't tell the DEC. 

A party rife with alcohol, loud music, and questionable choices will be held at a later date, to send him off the same way he lived - To make it loud, weird and have fun.