Derrell D. Warren was born to D. Delbert & Dessie Jewel (Moore) Warren in May of 1928. Delbert and Dessie were married in Little River County, Arkansas on 9th of June 1927. Derrell's grandfather was George Chair Warren; Derrell's brother George Franklin Warren was named for him and one of Delbert's brothers. It is said that George Chair was of Cherokee descent and that his parents died in an epidemic in Alabama. He was supposed to have been adopted by a Dr. Warren that was known to the family; hence the name "Warren".
Derrell enlisted in the Air Corps at Fort Smith, Arkansas on the 23rd March 1946 for the Hawaiian Department; per WWII era enlistment records.
There was a time that Derrell was running for sheriff in Mansfield, Louisiana. After Derrell lost the election, he wound up in a fight with his son-in-law, who Derrell killed in self defense. Due to his son-in-law's political connections, and the refusal of Derrell's family to testify on his behalf, Derrell was sent to Angola Prison in Louisiana. Since Derrell was a Mason, etc., he was allowed to go and work in the Angola Labor Camps as a trustee.
Joy L. (Hudgens) Evans had lost her husband (Calvin Burl Evans-Find A Grave Memorial# 28669426) early, due to heart problems, while living in Galveston County, Texas. She was living back in Glenmora with her brother, Thomas "Tommy" Wilton Hudgens, and parents (Frederick "Fred" George & Jessie Rambo Hudgens).
Fred Hudgens was always on the move looking for ways to feed and aid his family. He used to run trot lines all over the woods and bayous. Somehow, he started bringing the old fallen and dying cedar trees, that he would find in his travels, to some of the men at the prison labor camp. There, he became well acquainted with a few of them. Dino Moss and Derrell Warren were of those few; Dino's family was connected to the Rambo family also and had known Jessie. Fred & Jessie (Rambo) Hudgens began going to visit them on Sundays. They would bring food and, the prisoners were allowed to have dinner at tables there at the camp with friends and family.
One day, Tommy Hudgens took his sister Joy (Hudgens) Evans with him to the camp. Joy met Derrell and they later became married. Joy and her mother (who Willard called "Jec") asked their cousin, Willard L. Rambo (former Louisiana Senator), to help with Derrell's situation and to make it so that Derrell could marry Joy. Willard made a few telephone calls to some important people which resulted in Derrell's marriage and release (a quite unheard of outcome for the times).
Joy & Derrell moved back over to Texas from Louisiana and lived in the area that would become known as the resort/retirement community: Wildwood. The turn off for Wildwood is located off US Highway 69 at Village Mills. Calvin and Joy had purchased land here before Calvin's death.
Derrell ran an automobile repair service and shop at the house in Wildwood with his stepson, Michael "Mike" Wayne Evans. All sorts of folks were constantly coming and going throughout the day. People would always come in and drink coffee and talk. During hunting season, Derrell was always on the move. He would get on his 4-wheeler and go. They had two deep freezers that stayed stocked with deer meat and, he was also a fisherman.
His interest in his Native heritage was constant and, he read as much as possible about the old ways. Derrell loved to hunt for treasure too. He had a metal detector that he would take to old schools and ghost-towns. There were Treasure and True West magazines everywhere in the house.
Derrell was a heavy smoker and was diagnosed with cancer, to which he eventually succumbed. He was a tall man with a lot of charisma, always spoke his mind and was fairly blunt; sometimes in a comical way depending on your frame of reference. Derrell was respected by many and will be forever missed by his friends and family.
Wilton Hudgens (Nephew)
Sources:
-Arkansas Marriage Records
-Louisiana Marriage Records
-Texas Death Records
-United States Federal Census Records
-Family Interviews & Stories
Derrell enlisted in the Air Corps at Fort Smith, Arkansas on the 23rd March 1946 for the Hawaiian Department; per WWII era enlistment records.
There was a time that Derrell was running for sheriff in Mansfield, Louisiana. After Derrell lost the election, he wound up in a fight with his son-in-law, who Derrell killed in self defense. Due to his son-in-law's political connections, and the refusal of Derrell's family to testify on his behalf, Derrell was sent to Angola Prison in Louisiana. Since Derrell was a Mason, etc., he was allowed to go and work in the Angola Labor Camps as a trustee.
Joy L. (Hudgens) Evans had lost her husband (Calvin Burl Evans-Find A Grave Memorial# 28669426) early, due to heart problems, while living in Galveston County, Texas. She was living back in Glenmora with her brother, Thomas "Tommy" Wilton Hudgens, and parents (Frederick "Fred" George & Jessie Rambo Hudgens).
Fred Hudgens was always on the move looking for ways to feed and aid his family. He used to run trot lines all over the woods and bayous. Somehow, he started bringing the old fallen and dying cedar trees, that he would find in his travels, to some of the men at the prison labor camp. There, he became well acquainted with a few of them. Dino Moss and Derrell Warren were of those few; Dino's family was connected to the Rambo family also and had known Jessie. Fred & Jessie (Rambo) Hudgens began going to visit them on Sundays. They would bring food and, the prisoners were allowed to have dinner at tables there at the camp with friends and family.
One day, Tommy Hudgens took his sister Joy (Hudgens) Evans with him to the camp. Joy met Derrell and they later became married. Joy and her mother (who Willard called "Jec") asked their cousin, Willard L. Rambo (former Louisiana Senator), to help with Derrell's situation and to make it so that Derrell could marry Joy. Willard made a few telephone calls to some important people which resulted in Derrell's marriage and release (a quite unheard of outcome for the times).
Joy & Derrell moved back over to Texas from Louisiana and lived in the area that would become known as the resort/retirement community: Wildwood. The turn off for Wildwood is located off US Highway 69 at Village Mills. Calvin and Joy had purchased land here before Calvin's death.
Derrell ran an automobile repair service and shop at the house in Wildwood with his stepson, Michael "Mike" Wayne Evans. All sorts of folks were constantly coming and going throughout the day. People would always come in and drink coffee and talk. During hunting season, Derrell was always on the move. He would get on his 4-wheeler and go. They had two deep freezers that stayed stocked with deer meat and, he was also a fisherman.
His interest in his Native heritage was constant and, he read as much as possible about the old ways. Derrell loved to hunt for treasure too. He had a metal detector that he would take to old schools and ghost-towns. There were Treasure and True West magazines everywhere in the house.
Derrell was a heavy smoker and was diagnosed with cancer, to which he eventually succumbed. He was a tall man with a lot of charisma, always spoke his mind and was fairly blunt; sometimes in a comical way depending on your frame of reference. Derrell was respected by many and will be forever missed by his friends and family.
Wilton Hudgens (Nephew)
Sources:
-Arkansas Marriage Records
-Louisiana Marriage Records
-Texas Death Records
-United States Federal Census Records
-Family Interviews & Stories
Derrell D. Warren was born to D. Delbert & Dessie Jewel (Moore) Warren in May of 1928. Delbert and Dessie were married in Little River County, Arkansas on 9th of June 1927. Derrell's grandfather was George Chair Warren; Derrell's brother George Franklin Warren was named for him and one of Delbert's brothers. It is said that George Chair was of Cherokee descent and that his parents died in an epidemic in Alabama. He was supposed to have been adopted by a Dr. Warren that was known to the family; hence the name "Warren".
Derrell enlisted in the Air Corps at Fort Smith, Arkansas on the 23rd March 1946 for the Hawaiian Department; per WWII era enlistment records.
There was a time that Derrell was running for sheriff in Mansfield, Louisiana. After Derrell lost the election, he wound up in a fight with his son-in-law, who Derrell killed in self defense. Due to his son-in-law's political connections, and the refusal of Derrell's family to testify on his behalf, Derrell was sent to Angola Prison in Louisiana. Since Derrell was a Mason, etc., he was allowed to go and work in the Angola Labor Camps as a trustee.
Joy L. (Hudgens) Evans had lost her husband (Calvin Burl Evans-Find A Grave Memorial# 28669426) early, due to heart problems, while living in Galveston County, Texas. She was living back in Glenmora with her brother, Thomas "Tommy" Wilton Hudgens, and parents (Frederick "Fred" George & Jessie Rambo Hudgens).
Fred Hudgens was always on the move looking for ways to feed and aid his family. He used to run trot lines all over the woods and bayous. Somehow, he started bringing the old fallen and dying cedar trees, that he would find in his travels, to some of the men at the prison labor camp. There, he became well acquainted with a few of them. Dino Moss and Derrell Warren were of those few; Dino's family was connected to the Rambo family also and had known Jessie. Fred & Jessie (Rambo) Hudgens began going to visit them on Sundays. They would bring food and, the prisoners were allowed to have dinner at tables there at the camp with friends and family.
One day, Tommy Hudgens took his sister Joy (Hudgens) Evans with him to the camp. Joy met Derrell and they later became married. Joy and her mother (who Willard called "Jec") asked their cousin, Willard L. Rambo (former Louisiana Senator), to help with Derrell's situation and to make it so that Derrell could marry Joy. Willard made a few telephone calls to some important people which resulted in Derrell's marriage and release (a quite unheard of outcome for the times).
Joy & Derrell moved back over to Texas from Louisiana and lived in the area that would become known as the resort/retirement community: Wildwood. The turn off for Wildwood is located off US Highway 69 at Village Mills. Calvin and Joy had purchased land here before Calvin's death.
Derrell ran an automobile repair service and shop at the house in Wildwood with his stepson, Michael "Mike" Wayne Evans. All sorts of folks were constantly coming and going throughout the day. People would always come in and drink coffee and talk. During hunting season, Derrell was always on the move. He would get on his 4-wheeler and go. They had two deep freezers that stayed stocked with deer meat and, he was also a fisherman.
His interest in his Native heritage was constant and, he read as much as possible about the old ways. Derrell loved to hunt for treasure too. He had a metal detector that he would take to old schools and ghost-towns. There were Treasure and True West magazines everywhere in the house.
Derrell was a heavy smoker and was diagnosed with cancer, to which he eventually succumbed. He was a tall man with a lot of charisma, always spoke his mind and was fairly blunt; sometimes in a comical way depending on your frame of reference. Derrell was respected by many and will be forever missed by his friends and family.
Wilton Hudgens (Nephew)
Sources:
-Arkansas Marriage Records
-Louisiana Marriage Records
-Texas Death Records
-United States Federal Census Records
-Family Interviews & Stories
Derrell enlisted in the Air Corps at Fort Smith, Arkansas on the 23rd March 1946 for the Hawaiian Department; per WWII era enlistment records.
There was a time that Derrell was running for sheriff in Mansfield, Louisiana. After Derrell lost the election, he wound up in a fight with his son-in-law, who Derrell killed in self defense. Due to his son-in-law's political connections, and the refusal of Derrell's family to testify on his behalf, Derrell was sent to Angola Prison in Louisiana. Since Derrell was a Mason, etc., he was allowed to go and work in the Angola Labor Camps as a trustee.
Joy L. (Hudgens) Evans had lost her husband (Calvin Burl Evans-Find A Grave Memorial# 28669426) early, due to heart problems, while living in Galveston County, Texas. She was living back in Glenmora with her brother, Thomas "Tommy" Wilton Hudgens, and parents (Frederick "Fred" George & Jessie Rambo Hudgens).
Fred Hudgens was always on the move looking for ways to feed and aid his family. He used to run trot lines all over the woods and bayous. Somehow, he started bringing the old fallen and dying cedar trees, that he would find in his travels, to some of the men at the prison labor camp. There, he became well acquainted with a few of them. Dino Moss and Derrell Warren were of those few; Dino's family was connected to the Rambo family also and had known Jessie. Fred & Jessie (Rambo) Hudgens began going to visit them on Sundays. They would bring food and, the prisoners were allowed to have dinner at tables there at the camp with friends and family.
One day, Tommy Hudgens took his sister Joy (Hudgens) Evans with him to the camp. Joy met Derrell and they later became married. Joy and her mother (who Willard called "Jec") asked their cousin, Willard L. Rambo (former Louisiana Senator), to help with Derrell's situation and to make it so that Derrell could marry Joy. Willard made a few telephone calls to some important people which resulted in Derrell's marriage and release (a quite unheard of outcome for the times).
Joy & Derrell moved back over to Texas from Louisiana and lived in the area that would become known as the resort/retirement community: Wildwood. The turn off for Wildwood is located off US Highway 69 at Village Mills. Calvin and Joy had purchased land here before Calvin's death.
Derrell ran an automobile repair service and shop at the house in Wildwood with his stepson, Michael "Mike" Wayne Evans. All sorts of folks were constantly coming and going throughout the day. People would always come in and drink coffee and talk. During hunting season, Derrell was always on the move. He would get on his 4-wheeler and go. They had two deep freezers that stayed stocked with deer meat and, he was also a fisherman.
His interest in his Native heritage was constant and, he read as much as possible about the old ways. Derrell loved to hunt for treasure too. He had a metal detector that he would take to old schools and ghost-towns. There were Treasure and True West magazines everywhere in the house.
Derrell was a heavy smoker and was diagnosed with cancer, to which he eventually succumbed. He was a tall man with a lot of charisma, always spoke his mind and was fairly blunt; sometimes in a comical way depending on your frame of reference. Derrell was respected by many and will be forever missed by his friends and family.
Wilton Hudgens (Nephew)
Sources:
-Arkansas Marriage Records
-Louisiana Marriage Records
-Texas Death Records
-United States Federal Census Records
-Family Interviews & Stories
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