Glen R Carter Jr's Obituary
GLEN WAS BORN AT HILL AIR FORCE BASE TO NEVA L. GARBETT AND GLEN R. CARTER SR. ON OCT 3,1954. HE PASSED ON JULY 15, 2023 FROM COMPLICATIONS OF EMPHYSEMA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER JAYCEE CARTER-TAYLOR (MARCUS), 3 GRANDCHILDREN, ISIS, DEMARCUS AND KALEESA, HIS SISTER CONNIE MONTAGUE (DAVID), HIS NIECE MAE WELLINGTON (GORDON), NEPHEWS ADRIANO AND JOHN DAVID. HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND PARTNER JACQUE EDWARDS.
GLEN WAS A MUSICIAN AND HE PLAYED MANY INSTRUMENTS, BUT HIS FAVORITES WERE HIS GUITAR AND HIS PIANO. GLEN WAS A CEMENT FINISHER AND ENTREPENEUR. HE AND HIS COUSIN RICK STARTED HIGH TECH CONCRETE TOGETHER AND HAD A SUCCESFUL BUSINESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE WAS VERY PROUD OF THEIR BUSINESS. GLEN ALWAYS WORKED VERY HARD TO PROVIDE FOR HIS DAUGHTER AS A SINGLE FATHER. HE WAS A PERFECT DAD TO HIS DAUGHTER JAYCEE. GLEN ENDED UP MOVING TO WYOMING AFTER RAISING HIS DAUGHTER AND OH DID HE LOVE IT THERE. THAT IS WHERE HE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE JACQUE. AFTER JACQUE PASSED AWAY HE MOVED BACK TO SALT LAKE CITY AND LIVED WITH HIS SISTER AND DAUGHTER. GLEN AND HIS SISTER CONNIE HAD A VERY STRONG BOND AND IT GREW STRONGER IN THE LAST FEW YEARS OF HIS LIFE BY ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT SHE GAVE HIM. HE LOVED ANIMALS ESPECIALLY DOGS AND BIRDS. IN THE LATE 80’S HE SMUGGLED A PARROT ACROSS THE BORDER OF MEXICO IN HIS POCKET, “PACO”. GLEN LOVED PACO AS A FAMILY MEMBER AND TAUGHT HIM TO SAY SO MANY THINGS.
GLEN WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS GRAND SENSE OF HUMOR AND THAT HE WAS THE MOST HONORABLE AND LOYAL PERSON. HE WAS SUCH A SPECIAL HUMAN BEING AND WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED.
THERE WILL BE A SMALL CELEBRATION OF LIFE ON AUGUST 16TH 2023 @ 7PM, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE FAMILY FOR MORE INFO IF INTERESTED IN ATTENDING.
THANK YOU TO PREMIER FUNERAL HOME FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR FATHER, BROTHER, UNCLE,
GRANDFATHER AND FRIEND.
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