Dermot Q. Hedrick Obituary

Mr. Dermot Quincy (DQ) Hedrick, 88, a longtime resident of Albany, died Sunday, September 18, 2005, at Alabaster Healthcare Center in Alabaster, Alabama.The funeral will be held at 1 PM Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Home in Albany, GA. The Rev. Sinclair Lewis will officiate.Mr. Hedrick attended schools in Albany and nearby Leesburg, graduating from Leesburg HS in 1936. After graduation from South Georgia College in Douglas, and a year at Duke University in North Carolina, he joined the Air Force, was stationed locally at Turner Air Force Base, rising to the rank of Master Sergeant, and served as an aid-de-camp during World War II. In 1945, he met and married Wilma Webb of Jackson, MS, subsequently joining the family business of H.H. Hedrick & Sons Real Estate & Insurance. Building a house on Eighth Avenue, the couple raised their two children there.After retiring from real estate brokerage and appraisal duties in 1989, Mr. Hedrick began a second career in "quiet volunteerism" which earned him the Albany Exchange Club''s 50th Golden Deeds Award in 1998. For eight years he delivered Meals On Wheels twice a week for the SOWEGA Council on Aging with his constant companion, Sweet Pea, his flamboyant dachshund. He was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church in Albany, and more recently, a member of the First United Methodist Church in Columbiana.He soon added a weekly round of visits to the patients in the Alzheimer''s Caregiver Time Out (ACTO) program.By 1998, Mr. Hedrick and his sidekick were energizing the Dougherty County School System''s "Partners in Excellence Program" by volunteering his reading services (and her comic talents) to elementary classes at five schools.A native of Lexington, NC, Mr. Hedrick was born on March 28, 1917. His family relocated to this area in January, 1919, traveling by Model T Ford, where he resided until relocating to Columbiana in 2002.He is survived by his wife Wilma W. Hedrick of Columbiana, son Daniel C. Hedrick and wife Beth of Columbiana, and daughter Betty Sue Hedrick and husband Gabriel Thy of Washington, DC; two grandchildren, Stacy H. Walkup and husband Kevin of Columbiana, and Daniel Quincy Hedrick of Norfolk, VA; two sisters Ruth H. Reese of London, KY, and Sara H. Moore of Yuma, AZ; and one great-grandchild Grant Walkup.Preceding Mr. Hedrick in passing were his parents Harvey Harrison Hedrick, Sr. and Sara Bessie Hedrick; his brothers Harvey H. Hedrick, Jr., Frank H. Hedrick, Robert D. Hedrick, his sisters Florence D. Hedrick and Mary Elizabeth Hedrick.In lieu of sending flowers, the family requests that any memorial contributions be made to the SOWEGA Council on Aging, Meals On Wheels program at 1105 Palmyra Road, Albany, GA, 31701.

Dermot Q. Hedrick Obituary

March 28, 1917 - September 18, 2005