Derrick James Jones, age 35

Lost to gun violence on May 30, 2017 in Lexington, South Carolina.

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  • Nickname:
    5 Ductape Nitty
    5 baby Dee duck
    4 Dee
  • Number of children:
    4 4boys
  • Personality:
    9 Family Man - would do anything for his family
    3 Giving
    2 Loving
    4 Funny
    2 Picky eater lol
    2 Smart
    2 Talented
    2 caring
    2 A protector
  • Occupation:
    2 Entertainer
  • Workplace:
  • Schools attended:
  • Comments:
    5 miss my son
    3 i miss u soooooo much Dee
    2 Rest in Peace
    3 rest in peace
    2 I think about u all day everyday. I miss u so much
    2 Missing u
    3 Why did u leave me
    3 Always thinking about you
    2 I wish u were here with us
    4 I miss you so much
    2 I still can’t believe ur gone
    3 I ❤️u
    3 my brother keeper AME gone but not forgotten love you
    2 baby dee R.I.P lil brother
    2 R.I.P FAM LOVE AND MISS YOU!
    3 I️ love that last pic of D. Thank u for posting
    2 I miss u
    2 Happy holidays we really miss you
    2 Merry Christmas brother 😘
    2 Happy new year! I wish u was here with us.
    2 I love u D!
    3 Missing you like crazy
    2 I still can’t believe your not here with me any more. It’s killing me
    2 ❤️
    3 I love u
    2 Rest Easy lil bro I miss you so much my heart hurt LOVE YOU!
    2 R.I.P Dee We Love
    2 This year has been so hard without you.
    4 I hope the guy who killed you every time he close his eyes he sees ur face.
    2 😔💔
    2 Happy Father’s Day 👨🏾
    2 I love you always and forever
    3 I miss you
    2 Why did you leave me?
    2 Thinking about you
    2 Happy birthday!
    4 We miss you
    2 I was just thinking about you
    2 miss my homie love 4eva. big dawg HB
    2 I still can’t believe your dead. May god forgive you for your sins. Rip D
    2 We be missing you around the holidays
    9 Missing you
    1 I wish you were here with us
    1 Just thinking about you
    2 Merry Christmas 🎄
    1 Happy new year!!
    1 I love you D
    1 Missing you D
    1 I will never forget about you
    1 Been thinking about you a lot later. I miss you
    1 Still can’t believe your gone
    3 Happy Father’s Day
    1 ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
    1 I been thinking about you a lot. Still wishing you were here.
    2 my dee we miss you so much
    1 8*12*19 Happy Birthday big brother! ♥️♥️♥️
    3 Miss you
    1 Love you
    5 Miss you bro
    1 My life Is so incomplete without you
    1 I miss you 10/31/19
    1 ♥️♥️♥️♥️
    1 Love you bro
    1 Good morning D just thinking about you.
    1 Still hurts bro
    2 Why you thou
    2 Love you always
    1 I needed you today and the fact that ur not here anymore is ❤️ breaking
    1 It wasn’t ur to leave yet
    1 We were suppose to grow old together
    1 Why did he have to kill you. I need you
    1 Life just ain’t the same without you
    1 Damn big bro I need you today and just to think I will never see you again.
    2 Gone but never ever forgotten always in my heart all of our hearts :-)
    1 Happy thanksgiving 🦃
    1 I’m still in disbelief you’re gone forever
    1 Take care of Lelia up there
    1 Merry Christmas 🎁🎄
    1 Merry Christmas bro
    1 Happy New Years
    1 Happy New Year
    1 Missing you 😞
    1 💔💔💔 3 years later and still hurts
    1 Miss u bro
    1 I miss you so much much
    1 Still think about you every day
    1 ❤️❣️💔❤️❣️❤️
    1 Why??????
    1 I miss hearing your stories and I miss hearing your voice
    1 You were on my this morning. They said time heels on wounds
    1 You being gone still hurts
    1 Missing so much little bro
    1 I can’t get over you being gone. The pain won’t go away.
    1 Your sons need you.
    1 Missing you fam
    1 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
    1 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
    1 We miss you sooo much
    1 We love you
    1 Holidays and birthday days aren’t the same without you
    1 We miss you fam
    1 We need you
    1 Still in shock we will never see you again
    1 I think about you every day ❤️❤️❤️
    1 My heart is still hurting from losing you.
    1 I was thinking about you this morning just wanted to tell you I love you always
    1 Still hurts losing you
    1 💔💔💔💔
    1 💔💔💔💔💔
    1 Life just isn’t the same without you. I needed you
    1 Missing little bro 💔💔💔
    1 5/30/20 3 years since you were taken away from us. We miss u
    1 I can’t believe it’s been 3 years. It still hurts. I Iove you
    1 We need you Pops
    1 3 years is a long time to miss someone. Will this pain ever go away?
    1 Happy Father’s Day pops. We need you
    1 ❤️❤️❤️
    1 Still missing you always
    1 Losing you was devastating to us. It still hurt 3 years later. 💔💔
    1 Happy birthday Pops RIH
    1 Happy birthday Bro rest easy
    1 You would’ve been 39 this year. Happy birthday 🎈 missing you like crazy
    1 Happy birthday
    1 Happy 30th Birthday big bro!
    1 8/12/20 happy birthday cuz 🥺
    1 39th
    1 Missing you on your 39th birthday
    1 Happy 39th Fam
    1 RIH D l you will always be missed
    1 Miss you man
    1 This was another hard year without you. We need you
    1 Just watched one of your videos on YouTube 😭 made me miss you even more
    1 I hate you was taken away from us. Your sons need you. Your family needs you
    1 Happy thanksgiving 🦃 fam ain’t the same without you
    1 Missing you even more around the holidays. Rip 🪦 bro
    1 Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 we miss you like crazy
    1 Love ❤️ you merry Christmas
    1 Merry Xmas
    1 Merry Christmas bro. We love and miss you
    1 Happy New Year 🎆 bro. We miss you so much
    1 Happy New Year fam 2021
    1 Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️❤️❤️❤️ miss you so much
    1 Why you 💔
    1 I can’t believe your not here for me like you promised
    1 Good morning you were one ❤️ just wanted to say I miss you
    1 Can’t believe it’s been 4 yrs
    1 Happy Fathers Daddy
    1 Happy 40th birthday fam
    1 You would’ve been 40 today 8/12/21. Losing you still hurts.
    1 Happy heavenly 40th birthday
    1 Just thinking about you fam.
    1 18 years isn’t enough for taking your life.
    1 Happy holidays fam. We miss you
    1 Happy thanksgiving 🦃🍽
    1 We really miss you around the holidays. Still hurts
    1 Merry Christmas 2021
    1 Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️❤️💔
    1 I wish you were still here with us.
    1 It still hurts losing you
    1 Missing you extra hard today
    1 😢
    1 I still can’t get over your death.
    1 ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️
    1 You’re missing so much, birthdays, births
    1 Good morning love, you were on my mind
    1 5 years and it still hurts. I miss you
    1 5 years without you is still heart breaking
    1 5 years 💔 5/30/22
    1 Happy 41st birthday little bro.
    1 Happy birthday!!!! We still missing you like crazy
    1 You should’ve been turning 41 today. 8/12/22
    1 Happy birthday… we love and miss you
    1 Hbd fam
    1 We love you. Happy heavenly birthday
    1 Good morning, still missing you
    1 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
    1 Happy thanksgiving
    1 Missing you lil bro 12/06/22
    1 Merry Christmas 2022 p
    1 Merry Christmas 12/22/22 we miss you
    1 🎄🎄🎄🎄
    1 ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 2/14/23
    1 Good morning, you were on my mind. We’re still missing you like crazy.
    1 Thinking about you today. Still missing you.
    1 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
    1 My heart still hurts behind this
    1 6 years still hurts
    1 6 years why you thou
    1 HFD we miss you
    1 D we miss you so much
    1 Happy 42nd heavenly birthday!! We miss you so much. 8/12/23
    1 Wishing you were still here with us. Missing you like crazy
    1 Just stop by to let you know we all still think about you. We love you
    1 Happy thanksgiving fam. We miss you so much
    1 Merry Xmas bro
    1 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2024
    1 We miss so much merry Christmas
    1 Happy New Year 2024! We love and miss you so much.
    1 Happy new year 2024! We wish you were there with us
    1 ❤️❤️ happy Valentine’s Day 2024
    1 Miss hearing your voice

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