Montgomery County, Ohio
Family-Placed Obituary ALI, Derek Nathaniel age 47 of Trotwood, departed this life on Sunday, September 5, 2004. He was a native of Philadelphia, PA., and a Dayton resident for over 20 years. Derek was a 20 year veteran reporter for the Dayton Daily News. He began his journalism career as...
Read MoreDerek was a sibling I never got a chance to meet. We share the same father. It saddens me that we never knew each other. From what I'm being told we would have been partners in crime, (smiling). I'm extremely proud of his children and I wish them well. R.I.P. little brother!
Leonard Johnson
August 19, 2024
Rosalind Young-Reid
August 13, 2019 | CA
My Friend... You are deeply missed and loved! Contiuous prayers are for you and your family..
Melanie Jackson
August 12, 2019 | Cincinnati, OH
The recent events that occurred this past weekend in El Paso were sad, but I grew even sadder with the murders that occurred in Dayton. It bought up the memories of losing you all over again. I keep thinking that you would have been there covering that story, perhaps even knowing some of the victims. I replay the story; your story in my mind and my heart is sad again. Last night, Jill Scott's song GOLDEN was playing in my head as that was the song that kept coming on WDAS and Power 99FM they...
Renee Scott
August 05, 2019 | NJ
Derek, I will miss you my friend.
Charles Williams
September 15, 2014 | Jacksonville, FL
I will always think of you. Always miss you.
September 05, 2014
Still remembering and thinking about a friend.
Stephanie Godwin
June 26, 2014 | Dayton, OH
Derek, Brother you may be gone, but please know that you are not forgoten. Your Brother Always Gerald Martin.
Gerald Martin
June 25, 2014 | Trotwood, OH
I think of Derek often and remember his pledging days when his AKA sisters were there for the line. Here's to honoring all of the first Alpha Phi Alpha line at GSC (Rowan University)and in loving memory of Derek.
-Deborah Spruill Barnes
June 25, 2014