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Note: e County, GA Book I page 557 Married by C. D. Martin and underneath his signature he wrote 301 Lee St., Atlanta, GA The certificate reads "Roy" not Ray. I know that this just a mispelling of his name as Jewell is buried at Hopewell Cemetery, Tyrone, GA, next to the City Hall and on her marker it says 'Jewell Handley Derrick". Ray: my daddy was living in East Point when he married my mama WINNIE LIZZIE YARBROUGH IN 1930. HE THEN MOVED ACROSS THE ROAD FROM HIS PARENTS ON BUTNER RD. AND LIVED THERE UNTIL HIS DEATH. HE WORKED FOR J A & J M SMITH TRUCKING, AS A SECURITY GUARD FOR THE RAILROAD, FOR SHEPHERD CONST.CO.. DURING WWII BUILDING AIR FIELDS, FOR BELL BOMBER(LOCKHEED)- HE WAS A SELF EMPLOYERD CARPENTER BUT AT THE TIME HE RETIRED HE WORKED AT MILLER LUMBER CO.IN BEN HILL GA. HE ATTENDED AND WAS BAPTIZED INTO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT UNION CHRISTIAN CHURCH BUT AT TIME OF DEATH HE WAS ATTENDING CLIFTONDALE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS A DEACON IN BOTH CHURCHES,AND AN ELDER AT CLIFTONDALE 1ST BAPTIST. HE WAS A MUSIC LEADER AND LOVED SINGING. DADDY DIED ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN MAY 1981 ON MOTHERSDAY WEEKEND OF A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. HE WAS A DEVOTED SON, BROTHER, HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDPA. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND ALTHOUGH HE SELDOM TOLD US, WE KNEW HE DID BECAUSE HE WORKED SO HARD AT PROVIDING AND PROTECTING US. HE HAD THREE DAUGHTERS AND HE NEVER LET ANYONE SAY OR DO ANYTHING IN OUR PRESENCE THAT WAS NOT WHAT HE CONSIDERED PROPER. DADDY PAMPERED MAMA AND MADE SURE THAT WE THREE GIRLS DID THE SAME. ALL MAMA HAD TO DO WAS TELL HIM AND WE STEPPED THE NEXT TIME. DADDY NEVER SPANKED US BUT HE SURE COULD TALK TO YOU AND YOU DID NOT WANT THAT. DADDY WOULD TAKE US ANYWHERE WE WANTED TO GO AND COME BACK FOR US. IF HE DID THAT HE KNEW WE WERE ALRIGHT. DADDY ALWAYS ALLOWED THE CHURCH TO USE OUR YARD AND HOUSE FOR ANY PARTIES THAT THE SUNDAY SCHOOL WOULD HAVE IF THEY WANTED. HE WORE OVERALLS DURING THE WEEK WHEN HE WORKED BUT WHEN HE WENT ANYPLACE HE ALWAYS PUT ON HIS SUIT. IT WAS ALWAYS A THREE (3) PIECE WITH A WHITE LONG SLEEVE SHIRT. HE WORE LONG SHIRTS EVEN THE SUMMER TIME, WITH VEST AND COAT. DADDY ALWAYS WORE A HAT. HE WORE A CAP DURING THE WEEK BUT ON SUNDAY HE WORE A FELT HAT OR DERBY IN THE WINTER AND A STRAW HAT, OR LID AS HE CALLED IT IN THE SUMMER. DADDY LEFT WE THREE GIRLS WITH WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF HIM AND THE VALUES HE INSTILLED IN US. HE BELIEVED IN THE GOLDEN RULE AND REALLY TRIED TO PRACTICE IT AT ALL TIMES. DADDY SMOKED FOR MANY YEARS AND IN 1962 THE DR. TOLD HIM THAT IF HE DID NOT QUIT HE WOULD NOT LIVE 10 YEARS. HE QUIT AND LIVED 18. DADDY DIED FROM A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. HE HAD SUFFERED FROM HEART PROBLEMS FOR MANY YEARS BUT REFUSED TO HAVE OPEN HEART SURGERY. FOREST RAY DERRICK FATHER-WINNIE MARLENE DERRICK SHIRLEY RUTH DERRICK ANNA ELIZABETH DERRICK SON-OF JOHN CASWELL DERRICK G-SON WILLIAM D DERRICK
Note: Daddy first married Jewell Handley 28 Dec. 1924, Fayette County, GA Marriage records Fayett
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