Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Derrick Y. Appiah-Kesse

KINGSPORT — Derick Y. Appiah-Kesse, left this world unexpectedly to be with the Lord on April 20, 2008.
He was a kind and loving person that impacted the lives of everyone he met.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Reba Bristol, of Boiling Springs, N.C.
Survivors include his parents, Ms. Carol Bristol, Kingsport and Andrew Appiah-Kesse, of Lowell, Mass.; maternal grandfather James Bristol, of Kingsport; two brothers, his twin, Eric Appiah-Kesse, Johnson City and Jordan Appiah-Kesse, Kingsport; one sister, Ms. Caressia Bristol, Kingsport and brother-in-law Tamon Carpenter, of Kingsport; three nephews, Deonte` Bristol , Dequante` Bristol, and Devante` Bristol; and a God-daughter Jada; and a special friend Ms. Jessie Thompson, Kingsport.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday April 27, 2008, at 2 p.m. at the Central Baptist Church with Rev. Matthew Thomas officiating.
The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until the hour of service. Interment will follow at Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, Va.
Friends may visit with the family anytime at 316 Louis St., Kingsport.
Derick Y. Appiah-Kesse and family are in the care of R.A. Clark Funeral Service, Inc., www.raclarkfuneralservice@ yahoo.com.