Derrick Tyrone Truss Sr. – The Mississippi Link

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Reflections on the life of Derrick Truss Sr.

September 3, 1958 – November 25, 2016 Derrick Tyrone Truss Sr. was born September 3, 1958 to Norma and John Wesley Truss in Jackson, Miss. He was the eldest of four children. As a boy, […]