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- Our classmate Gaye Guerrant Booth passed away on Thursday February 11, 2021. An obituary has not yet been posted. But I am told by a mutual friend that her funeral will be live streamed from Myers Park UMC on Thursday February 18, 2021.  fyi KLM Sat 02.13.2021
- Obituary posted Sunday 02.14.2021 /KLM
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CHARLOTTE – Gaye Guerrant Booth, 69, of Charlotte died February 11, 2021 at Duke University Hospital due to rejection of her lung transplant.
Gaye was born in Manhattan, Kansas on January 13, 1952 to Ralph Eugene Guerrant and Laverne Moline Guerrant. She graduated from Myers Park High School and UNCG with a degree in Mathematics. Gaye would eventually teach math at South Mecklenburg High where she jokingly claim to be there to “straighten them out”.
Gaye and her husband, Larry met on a blind date and they were married for 43 years. “Gigi” as she was known by her grandchildren was a thoughtful, caring person who remembered birthdays and sent our countless cards every year. Gaye and Larry are long-time members of Myers Park United Methodist Church. She enjoyed flower gardening, cooking, Bible studies as well as teach and tutoring students in math.
Gaye is survived by her husband, Larry Booth; son, Michael Booth; daughter, Allison Laws and her husband, Chris, grandchildren, Lily and Will Laws; sister, Sue Guerrant and her husband, Bill Lord of Louisburg, NC, niece, Laura Gill, nephew, Ben Lord and niece, Heather Foster, and beloved dog, “Doodle”.
A private service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at Myers Park United Methodist Church.
The service can be viewed via Livestream.com https://livestream.com/accounts/13442168/events/9530349.
Memorials may be sent to Myers Park United Methodist Church, 1501 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC 28207 or to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 205 Regency Executive Park Dr, #102, Charlotte, NC 28217
Arrangements are in the care of Kenneth W. Poe Funeral & Cremation Service, 1321 Berkeley Ave., Charlotte, NC; 28204 (704) 641-7606. Online condolences can be shared at www.kennethpoeservices.com. https://www.kennethpoeservices.com/obituaries/1006-gaye-guerrant-booth
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James Laseter (Laseter)
I knew Gaye and Larry from Myers Park Methodist. She was a kind, lovely person who will be missed by many.
Jim Laseter
Maria Pitsikoulis (Kleto)
May her memory be eternal.Catherine Elizabeth "Cathy" Taylor (Metz)
What a beautiful soul!
Sylvia Jean Dukes (Elwyn)
I met Gaye in the 7th grade at Sedgefield, and she has been a friend since then. Gaye was intelligent, caring, and was so brave in dealing with her illness. And she was absolutely the best person for keeping up with every person that she knew. I will miss her!
Marcia Claire Hill (Smith)
I attended Park Road and Sedgefield with Gaye and enjoyed knowing her through our MPHS years. I am sad that she lost her battle with her lung illness, and sad because she must have suffered greatly. I have fond memories. I wish for peace for her family.
Carol King (Butler)
I think sometimes the best way to remember someone is to share a one-of-a-kind story. I lived on the seventh floor of a dorm at UNC-G. I had rescued an abandoned cat with no where to take her but my room. Of course that was "illegal" and until Spring break came she was stuck in my room, with a litter box in front of my closet, our door always shut. I won't share the fabrication I had to share with the dorm mother who was told I might have a cat in my room. But that cat saved my vision by jumping up on a dresser right before a ceramic small coffee pot blew. Kathy Davis and I got a ride home (to Charlotte) with Gaye's mom and Gaye. It was a rainy day and trying to calm a fidgety kitten under a raincoat for 7 floors was not easy. We probably had made it 50 miles before the kitten did diarrhea all over me and my favorite raincoat. Gaye's mother pulled into a gas station and I realized there was no way to salvage my smelly raincoat. The kitten was rinsed in the sink, my coat left in the trash and being as good a sport as you can imagine, both Gaye and her mother stuck their powder compacts beneath their noses the rest of the trip. Kathy's mother took the kitten and neither of us were offered a ride home again. Gaye laughed weeks later but it was an awful ride for the kitten and all of us.
Gaye was a very smart woman and obviously, with a delayed sense of humor, forgave us. I will miss her and always remember her fondly.- Carol King Butler
Sylvia Jean Dukes (Elwyn)
Thanks for sharing that story, Carol!