David Lee McNett

The next McNett in our Family Tree is my Dad, David Lee McNett. Dad was born December 11, 1946 in Wisconsin. I believe the hospital was in Cuba City, but he lived in Benton, a small mining town of about 800 people. I know Dad had a rough time growing up with his Father, he had a lot of issues with him and didn't really speak of him. A man in his hometown nicknamed Dad "Gus" and either his brother Stanley or Roger "Gug". "Gus" stuck (although "Gug" didn't), and he became forever known in his hometown as "Gus McNett". Dad joined the Navy when he was 17 so he could get away from his father. His Dad passed away while he was in the Navy. Dad worked on the flightline of an aircraft carrier. He got out of the Navy in December of 1967 and met my Mother New Years Eve that year. The story goes they met New Years Eve, got pregnant Valentines Day, got engaged Easter and married Memorial Day. Dad told me once "and to top it off you had to be 6 weeks early!". LOL
Dad had a great sense of humor, he always had a joke and a hand. He would give someone his last dollar or the shirt off of his back. I've said it before... "if I had all the money people owed him when he passed away I'd be one rich chick". He was just that kind.
Dad didn't graduate from high school, but he made a name for himself in the home improvement business, he was a great salesman and had an unequivocal business sense.
New Years Eve of the millennium Mom and Dad went to see Tim McGraw & Faith Hill in concert in Nashville, TN. Then they went to their cabin in Gatlinburg, TN for a few days. Dad suffered a brain stem stroke and had to be airlifted to the hospital in Knoxville. He passed a few days later.
Dad was extremely proud of his heritage and gave me my love of genealogy. His greatest dream was to go to Ireland, he didn't make it there, but I hope someday I will be able to do that for him.