1940
Mary
2010
Mary Derrick
February 25, 1940 — November 15, 2010
VISITATION: 4-9PM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010 AT OTT & LEE FUNERAL HOME IN MORTON.
MARY GRAY DERRICK
MORTON
Mrs. Mary Derrick, age 70, passed away on Monday, November 15, 2010 at Scott Regional Hospital in Morton. Visitation was held 4-9pm Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home. Funeral Services were held 1pm Wednesday, November 17, 2010 from the Ott & Lee Chapel in Morton with burial in the White Oak Baptist Cemetery. Rev. Jerry Holmes, Rev. Kenny Lang and Dr. Howard Clark officiated the services. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton.
Mrs. Derrick is a native of Smith County. She has lived in Morton for 38 years. Her lifetime of helping people began when she graduated Gilfoy School of Nursing at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. Mrs. Mary was Director of Nursing at Ms. Care Center in Morton for 15 years and Assistant Director of Nursing at Scott Regional Hospital in Morton for about 10 years. When her health started to fail, she told Dr. Howard Clark that she was not ready to retire, so he told her that a job was waiting on her at his clinic and she was the gentle and caring voice that answered the phone until her health failed her again. She gave her life to help other people and she treated each person with the same dignity and respect. She will be greatly missed by all who loved and knew her.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Lowry Gray and Martha Cornelia Thornton Gray; 4 brothers, Ralph Gray, Ray Gray, Alvin Gray and Jack Gray and 1 sister, Bobbie Jewel Hollingsworth.
She is survived by her husband of 44 years, James (Bud) Derrick of Morton; 3 children, Allen Derrick (Gail) of Houston, TX, Bobby Derrick (Shannan Hebert) of Sevierville, TN and David Derrick (Waylon) of Pearl; sister, Faye Black of Polkville; brothers, Lloyd Gray (JoAnn) of Polkville and Gene Gray (Mary Ann) of McComb and 8 grandchildren, Nicholas, Meagan and Brittney Derrick, James Brandyn Ulmer, Audrey Grace, Taylor Allen, Kaylie Suzanne and Lillian Paige Derrick
Pallbearers were Waylon Garrett, Jerry Gray, Mike Gray, Randy Gray, Gerald Derrick, Bobby Gray, Robert Owen Phillips and Ted Morehouse. Honorary pallbearers were Lee Olan Derrick and Freddy Sullivan.
A memorial may be made in her honor to the Mississippi Nurses Association, 31 Woodglen Place, Madison, MS 39110.
Guest book may be viewed and signed at www.ottandleefuneralhome.com
MARY GRAY DERRICK
MORTON
Mrs. Mary Derrick, age 70, passed away on Monday, November 15, 2010 at Scott Regional Hospital in Morton. Visitation was held 4-9pm Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home. Funeral Services were held 1pm Wednesday, November 17, 2010 from the Ott & Lee Chapel in Morton with burial in the White Oak Baptist Cemetery. Rev. Jerry Holmes, Rev. Kenny Lang and Dr. Howard Clark officiated the services. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Morton.
Mrs. Derrick is a native of Smith County. She has lived in Morton for 38 years. Her lifetime of helping people began when she graduated Gilfoy School of Nursing at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. Mrs. Mary was Director of Nursing at Ms. Care Center in Morton for 15 years and Assistant Director of Nursing at Scott Regional Hospital in Morton for about 10 years. When her health started to fail, she told Dr. Howard Clark that she was not ready to retire, so he told her that a job was waiting on her at his clinic and she was the gentle and caring voice that answered the phone until her health failed her again. She gave her life to help other people and she treated each person with the same dignity and respect. She will be greatly missed by all who loved and knew her.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Lowry Gray and Martha Cornelia Thornton Gray; 4 brothers, Ralph Gray, Ray Gray, Alvin Gray and Jack Gray and 1 sister, Bobbie Jewel Hollingsworth.
She is survived by her husband of 44 years, James (Bud) Derrick of Morton; 3 children, Allen Derrick (Gail) of Houston, TX, Bobby Derrick (Shannan Hebert) of Sevierville, TN and David Derrick (Waylon) of Pearl; sister, Faye Black of Polkville; brothers, Lloyd Gray (JoAnn) of Polkville and Gene Gray (Mary Ann) of McComb and 8 grandchildren, Nicholas, Meagan and Brittney Derrick, James Brandyn Ulmer, Audrey Grace, Taylor Allen, Kaylie Suzanne and Lillian Paige Derrick
Pallbearers were Waylon Garrett, Jerry Gray, Mike Gray, Randy Gray, Gerald Derrick, Bobby Gray, Robert Owen Phillips and Ted Morehouse. Honorary pallbearers were Lee Olan Derrick and Freddy Sullivan.
A memorial may be made in her honor to the Mississippi Nurses Association, 31 Woodglen Place, Madison, MS 39110.
Guest book may be viewed and signed at www.ottandleefuneralhome.com
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