Derek Alan Brown age 15 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Thursday, January 19, 2006. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church, Clinton, on Monday, January 23, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. The Family will receive friends at the Vansant-Mills Chapel on Sunday, January 22, 2006 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. The Family request memorial contributions to the Derek Brown Memorial Fund and may be left at the Funeral Home.

Derek was a freshman at the Clinton High School and a member of Scout Troop 430.


He is survived by his Mother, Natalie Brown; his Father, Phillip Brown; one brother Chris Brown; Maternal Grandparents, Maxine and Robert Allen and Hugh and Janice Sperry all of Clinton, Missouri and his Paternal Grandmother, Pat Brown of Darlington, Missouri.