Fletcher Carl Derrick Jr., M.D., 86, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, husband of Martha Langford Derrick, entered into eternal rest Monday, March 9, 2020. His funeral service will be held Friday, March 13, 2020 in First (Scots) Presbyterian Church, 53 Meeting St., at 2:00 p.m. Interment, Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday in the J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. Downtown Chapel, 232 Calhoun St. from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Fletcher was born August 24, 1933 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, son of the late Fletcher Carl Derrick Sr. and Ruby Ripley Derrick. 他出生在大萧条时期，他的父母失去了好工作. 他们在埃奇菲尔德县开了一家小杂货店，后来搬到了约翰斯顿的一家更大的商店, SC. Fletcher delivered groceries, picked peaches, packed peaches, worked in a mill, and worked with a newspaper printer. His mother said he went to Clemson selling peanuts on the street. He finished Johnston High School as President of his class, was in the Beta club, as well as played football and basketball. 在克莱姆森大学，他学习纺织，然后转到医学预科. After that first year at Clemson, 他搭车穿越美国来到加州，帮助一对年轻夫妇盖房子, which was the beginning of Habitat for Humanity. He loved adventure and helping people. At Clemson, he was the Deputy Regimental Commander in the ROTC; he also went to ROTC summer camp. 在克莱姆森大学读了三年后，他接到了去医学院的电话. He immediately knew that he had found his calling in life. After his junior year, being a very religious young man, he helped his good friend, Bill Reames, 领导了一次夏季青年复兴活动，邀请玛莎·兰福德演奏管风琴，帮助年轻人. 毫无疑问，他们在那个星期坠入爱河，并在第二年夏天结婚63年. 在南卡罗来纳医科大学的最后一年，他是一名中尉. in the US Army. He then did his internship at Ft. Benning, GA. While there, 他被招募为美国陆军的秘密信使，20年来没有告诉任何人，甚至没有告诉他的妻子. 他带着命令和秘密文件周游世界. 他还给驻扎在战场上的年轻大兵送钱. 他在德国呆了三年，其中一年在鲍姆霍尔德担任第八师炮兵的外科医生, Germany where he accompanied the troops on field maneuvers, which he enjoyed very much. 然后他转到兰施图尔陆军医院，这是他泌尿外科生涯的开始. Landstuhl was the Army Medical Center for Europe; he treated soldiers from all combat areas and traveled with them back to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC. During the Cold War, 他的任务是作为火车指挥官前往东德，把东德的伤员带回兰施图尔. 在这种情况下，他离开了好几天，没有人知道他在哪里. At the end of this assignment, 他在美国陆军获得了威尔弗雷德·克诺洛赫上校颁发的优秀证书，克诺洛赫上校是他岳父在城堡学校的同学. 随后，他在南卡罗来纳医科大学完成了泌尿外科住院医师培训，并获得了杰出住院医师奖. After completing his residency, he was on the faculty of MUSC, 他所在的团队发起了肾移植赌博游戏网站. He subsequently was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology at George Washington University from 1970-74; he was also an advisor to the Surgeon General of the Army. 一家人决定回到查尔斯顿，他开始在查尔斯顿医生的私人诊所工作. Raymond Rosenblum. Dr. 德里克和其他泌尿科医生在推进罗珀和圣何塞的泌尿科护理方面发挥了重要作用. Francis hospitals. When Dr. Rosenblum retired, Derrick joined Lowcountry Urology Clinics. Dr. 德里克和他的妻子玛莎经常带着孩子或孙子孙女环游世界. Many of those trips involved covert documents. His wife did not suspect anything out of the ordinary. They went on church mission trips to Nepal, Nigeria, and Panama, lecturing at other medical schools, 并游览七大洲的许多历史名胜. In 2002, Fletcher was awarded the Order of The Palmetto, 2014年被美国泌尿协会授予总统奖，以表彰他对泌尿学教育的长期贡献, patient care, and superb clinical judgment and surgical skills. He was at that time the oldest practicing urologist in the USA. 他是查尔斯顿商业和社会社区的一员，担任查尔斯顿县医学协会主席, President of the Charleston Trident Chamber of Commerce, member of the Carolina Yacht Club, and a Rotarian. He was one of the founders of the Charleston Rose Society having grown more than 120 varieties of roses; he was also a rose judge for the southeastern United States. 他的玫瑰修道技艺是众所周知的，他在吉布斯街2号和奥兰治街12号的花园一直在巡回演出. Learning to paint with oils on canvas and linen in the year 2000, he completed over 100 paintings, many of which are on permanent loan to Roper and St. 弗朗西斯和弗朗西斯的画像挂在走廊的墙上和8楼康复病房的房间里. 查尔斯顿的居民也可以在城市的银行和办公室里看到他的作品. Fletcher also loved sports of all kinds. After intensive training, he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro at the age of 70; he climbed with a team of 12 who asked him to give a motivational talk the night before the ascension and voted him to be first to stand at the top of the mountain. 作为克莱姆森大学的校友，他仍然是该大学的名誉受托人. 他在克莱姆森大学的重点是学术，专注于护理和医学预科课程. Dr. 德里克经常说，他见证并参与了医学和外科的巨大转变. 他从MUSC毕业后的61年里，他与全科外科医生一起工作，看着外科和医学随着信息的迅速发展而发展成目前的超级专业化. On June 30, 2019, Dr. Fletcher C. Derrick, Jr. 从Lowcountry泌尿外科诊所退休，也从Roper和St. Francis Hospitals.
He is survived by his wife, Martha Langford Derrick of Mount Pleasant, SC; one daughter, Martha (Mottie) Derrick Wieters (Paul) of Charleston, SC; one son, F. Carl Derrick III, M.D.(Melissa) of Beaufort, SC; eight grandchildren Eliza Rodrigue McElwee, M.D. (Tripp), Ronald R. Rodrigue, Jr., Derrick August Wieters, Owen Anderson Wieters, Heyward Fletcher Derrick, Crosson Bradford Derrick, Stuart Langford Derrick, Gabriela Sakzenian O’Quinn; one great-granddaughter, Louise Derrick McElwee; a sister, Betty Bland Dowd; and three nieces, Jewel Bland Carpenter, Cheryl Bland Brainard, and Sarah Bland Cleveland. He was predeceased by his grandson William James Derrick.
Memorials may be made to Clemson University Foundation, 110 Daniel Drive, Clemson, SC, 29631 or Carolina Children’s Charity, 1064 Gardner Rd, Charleston, SC 29407, or First (Scots) Presbyterian Church, 53 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29401. 您可以访问我们的网站 www.jhenrystuhr.com. Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/ charleston