Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:50 pm Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Derrick Bradley Gasaway

Derrick Bradley Gasaway

September 18, 2012

Derrick Bradley Gasaway, 33, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at his residence.

He was born Feb. 25, 1979, in Red Bay and was a construction worker. He attended Fairview Baptist Church and he went home to be with the Lord.

Services were Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, at Fairview Baptist Church with Bro. Gene O’Brian, Bro. Billy Adams and Matthew Robinson officiating. Burial was on his family’s land in Fairview.

Survivors are one daughter, Hannah Gasaway; his mother, Rhonda Altom and husband, Mike, of Tupelo, Miss.; his father, R.L. Gasaway, Fairview; five brothers, Tim Gasaway, Scotty Gasaway, Austin Gasaway, Matthew Gasaway and Michael Altom; three sisters, Melissa Funderburk, Kim Hacker and Meagen Robinson and nieces and nephews,  Jessica and T.C. Gasaway, Gavin, Gage and Garren Earp, Presley Funderburk and Miles, McKayla and Maggie Robinson.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, James H. and Jennie Barker and Robert and Ray Gasaway; a niece, Chelsey Hacker and a nephew, Mobley Robinson.

Pallbearers were Michael Altom, Hayes Altom, Paul McCain, Gary Lee Gasaway, Jason Gasaway and Randy Gasaway.

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