“The Geo W. Derry, Sr. family - Doyle, Geo, Ardis, Alice, Duke with Janis in front. I think this was taken just before Duke and Marian were divorced - but I’m not sure what year that was. This was taken at Doyle’s house in Ft. Worth.” -from Jan
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Duke, Ardis, Doyle, Geo, Alice & Jan (in front of Doyle) - August 1952
“This was when everyone came home after we had moved to a 4 room apt the previous fall. Duke & Marian (she was pg with Mike) lived in Norfolk and didn’t stay overnight. It was crowded but a lot of fun. Paul was 16 months old.” -from Jan
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“In the background is the old Derry homestead. The porch is the front of the house but I don’t think the front door was ever used. Uncle Melvin is on the left, Daddy is in the middle and Uncle Sandy is on the right.” -from Jan
George would have been about sixty in this picture. Sandy was younger and Melvin was the youngest.
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From left, back row: Bill May, Geo W., Melvin, Arthur (Grandpa), Melvina (Grandma) Derry
Front row: Sandy, Madelyn (Melvin’s daughter), Altha M (Zaida Derry May’s daughter), Arthur May (Zaida’s son), Janis (Geo’s daughter), & Duke (Geo’s son)
[Edited on August 4 2008 to replace picture with higher-resolution scam. Click on the picture to see it full size.]
Paula
Ardis & Claude (married August 18, 1944) used to joke around saying that Waller and Nell went on their honeymoon with them. Yes, Doyle was there - in fact she is the only member of the family who was at each of the first marriages of us 4 kids. Doyle and her 3 kids came to Nebraska for Duke’s marriage to Marian in August 7, 1949, and she flew to DC to my wedding, March 16, 1957. Daddy couldn’t come to my wedding because he had already agreed to check cattle loans; Duke was going to fly back to DC in a Kansas Air Guard but there was some snag so he couldn’t come so Doyle came - I walked down the aisle by myself but when the minister asked who gave me away, she stood up and said she did for my mother and father. I thought that was pretty neat!
We also took her to National Airport so she could fly back to Ft. Worth - I was still in my wedding dress and veil - we walked into the terminal and a little 4 yr old girl saw us and exclaimed, “A BRIDE!” — A very favorite memory - I’ll never forget how that little girls eyes lit up.
Aunt Jan
