Jackson CO OK - Obit for William Albert "Buddy" Derr

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Walter Albert "Buddy" Derr
   
CLARENDON  -  Walter Albert "Buddy" Derr, 90, died Wednesday, Dec. 26,
2001.
   
Services  will  be  at  1:30  p.m.  Saturday in Robertson Funeral Home
Chapel of Memories with Mike Suiter, minister of San Jacinto Church of
Christ in Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be in Citizens Cemetery.
   
Mr.  Derr  was  born  May 19, 1911, in Eldorado, Okla., and moved from
Dallas to Clarendon 19 years ago. He was a self-employed mechanic most
of  his  life  before  his  retirement. He was active in Donley County
Senior Citizens Association and was a member of First Baptist Church.
   
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Letha Evelyn Venable Derr,
in 1981; and his second wife, Allene Estlack Derr, in 1995.
   
Survivors include two daughters, Sue Howard of Clarendon and Letha Kay
Williams of Sparks, Nev.; two sons, Walter Ray Derr of Iwakuna, Japan,
and Kenneth Wayne Derr of Oceanside, Calif.; a sister, Agnes Walker of
Shreveport, La.; 15 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
   
The   family   suggests  memorials  be  to  Clarendon  Volunteer  Fire
Department;  Clarendon  Emergency  Medical  Services; or Donley County
Senior Citizens Association.
   
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 28, 2001
   
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