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Note: HE AIRPLAND AND DIED AFTER THE USA HAD PUT A MAN IN SPACE. HE NEVER HAD A DRIVER'S LICENSE, ALTHOUGH HE ALWAYS OWNED A CAR AND ALL OF HIS CHILDREN COULD DRIVE. HE NEVER HAD A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. HE WAS A LIFE LONG MEMBER OF UNION CHRISTIAN CHURCH, UNION RD. AND OFTEN TALKED ABOUT PLAYING ON THE GROUNDS OF THE CHURCH WHILE HIS DADDY HELPED BUILD THE FIRST BUILDING. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING HAS BEEN BRICKED OVER AND MODERNIZED AND A BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING HAS BEEN ADDED. HE TOLD WONDERFUL STORIES AND COULD KEEP YOU ATTENTION FOR A LONG TIME. HE ALWAYS ENDED THEM WITH "AND THEY WENT ACROSS PETER PUSHROOT'S FOOT POLE TO GILES SAWMILL AND WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN." HE ALSWAYS HAD TIME FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND ALLOWED US TO HELP, "HA!HA! ,WHATEVER HE WAS DOING. HE WAS SHORT IN STATURE ABOUT 5 FEET OR SO AND ALWAYS WORE A HAT, FELT MATERIAL, BOTH SUMMER AND WINTER. HE WOULD NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY INSTALLED IN HIS HOUSE OR HAVE A WELL DUG. HE CARRIED HIS WATER FROM A SPRING WHICH WAS A GOOD PIECE FROM HIS HOUSE. HE FARMED HIS LAND WITH A MULE NAMED "RED". HE NEVER WORKED AT PUBLIC WORK AND WHEN EACH OF HIS CHILDREN MARRIED HE GAVE EACH OF THEM TWO (2) ACRES OF LAND TO BUILD A HOUSE UPON. AUNT MINNIE GOT THE HOME PLACE AND BUILT A NEW HOUSE BEHIND THE ORIGINAL HOMEPLACE AND THEN TORE IT DOWN. HE WAS NEVER IN A HOSPITAL EXCEPT WHEN HE WENT TO SEE HIS WIFE, FLORA, WHEN SHE WAS OPERATED ON. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY HEALTHY AND WAS 86 WHEN HE DIED. HE JUST WENT TO BED AND WENT TO SLEEP AND THAT WAS IT. ALL HE EVER DID WAS WORK AND GO TO CHURCH. HE LOVED HIS CHURCH AND WENT EVERY SUNDAY BOTH MORNING AND NIGHT. HE WORE OVERALLS ALL WEEK BUT ON SUNDAY HE PUT OH HIS SUIT. HE ALWAYS WORE A BLACK SUIT WITH WHITE SHIRT. MOST OF THE TIME HE WORE A BOW TIE. I NEVER REMEMBER HIM WEARING ANY OTHER TYPE TIE. HE LIVED ABOUT 2 OR 3 MILES FROM THE CHURCH AND WOULD WALK IF THE WEATHER WAS GOOD. IF IT WAS BAD HE WOULD RIDE WITH US.HE WAS A GOOD FAMILY MAN AND A GOOD GRANDPA. WE LIVED ACROSS THE ROAD FROM HIM AND GOT TO ENJOY HIM AS HE TOOK TIME WITH US. HE LET US DRIVE HIS WAGON, GO TO THE MILL TO HAVE CORN GROUND FOR MEAL, TO GET FIRE WOOD, AND WHEN HE GATHERED HIS CORN. HE LET US PLOW,HA!HA!, HELP HIM MAKE SWEET POTATO HILLS FOR WINTER, SHUCK CORN AND WHATEVER ELSE HE MIGHT BE DOING.GRANDPA ALWAYS GOT OUR CHRISTMAS TREE FOR US, JUST LIKE WE WANTED FROM HIS WOODS, IT WAS ALWAYS A CEDAR TREE, EVEN IF HE HAD TO CUT THE TOP OUT OF ONE OF HIS TALL TREES. WHATEVER GRANDPA HAD WE HAD AND HE SURE LOVED US. GRANDPA NEVER CALLED US CHILDREN OR KIDS HE ALWAYS CALLED US "CHAPS. GRAMDPA LIVED ON BUTNER RD.-HE PURCHASED HIS LAND OF 59ACRES IN 1918-DEED SUPPLIED JOHN CASWELL DERRICK SON: WILLIAM DANIEL DERRICK FATHER: AGNES DERRICK RAY DERRICK MINNIE DERRICK J C DERRICK HAROLD DERRICK ANDREW DERRICK SHIRLEY RUTH DERRICK HOLLAND GRAND-DAU. JOHN CASWELL DERRICK DAU-FOREST RAY DERRICK GRANDFATHER:BETTY MATTHEWS, JOHN RICHARD WORLEY,DORIS WORLEY,LOUIE WORLEY, FRANLIN WORLEY, WINNIE MARLENE DERRICK,SHIRLEY RUTH DERRICK,ANNA ELIZABETH DERRICK,AUBREY DERRICK, JOE DERRICK,HERMAN DERRICK,PHILLIP DERRICK,CAROLYN DERRICK, JOHN LEWIS DERRICK,PATRICIA DERRICK, & JUDY DERRICK
Note: JOHN WAS A FARMER ALL OF HIS LIFE. HE LIVED BEFORE THE INVENTION OF THE AUTOMOBILE, BEFORE T
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