Gerald Dean Derryberry
August 26, 1927 - September 4, 2010
Gerald Dean Derryberry, 83, of Tillar, passed away Saturday, September 4, 2010 at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello. He was born August 26, 1927 in Appleton, AR.
He retired from the Tillar Public Schools, was a member of the Tillar City Counsel and a former member of the Tillar volunteer fire department. He was a U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, the son of the late W. F. Derryberry and Florence Dean Derryberry and was preceded in death by his grandson, Bobby Derryberry Wilson and a great- granddaughter, Patience Paige Hogue.
Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Betty Cherry Derryberry of Tillar; two sons, Robert Lee Derryberry of Vicksburg, MS and David Eugene Derryberry of Tillar; two daughters, Barbara Jean Derryberry of Brighton, TN and Phylliss Derryberry Hogue of Tillar; three brothers, Frank Derryberry of Oregon, John Derryberry of New Mexico and Charles Derryberry of Arizona; two sisters, Betty Scoggins of Monticello and Martha Bales of Batesville; ten grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
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