Life Reflection

Though your smile is gone forever, and your hands we cannot touch. 

We shall never lose sweet memories of the one we love so much.

Derian DeVon Fuller Sr. (aka, Boogie), age forty-eight, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October the 2nd, 2025. Derian was born on December 16,1976 in Texarkana, Texas to Florine E. Bennett and Joseph G. Fuller Sr.

Derian attended Liberty Eylau High School and graduated in 1996. While attending Liberty Eylau he was active in sports, playing football, running track, and playing basketball. He was gifted in all areas. From birth, Derian was a member of the Sunset Church of God in Christ until he felt led to move his membership to Greater St. John Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor R. E. Ruffin, Hooks, Texas. Later in life Derian joined under the watch care of God’s Anointed Ministries under the leadership of Apostle Stephen and Pastor Hazel Daniels. Derian gave his life to Christ on Sunday, August 25, 2025, and became a new creature in Christ Jesus.

Luke 15:10 says the angels of God rejoice over one sinner who repents. There is joy in heaven over one sinner who turns away from sin.

Derian was employed as a maintenance worker at Asset and remained until his health failed him.

Derian was loved by many of his co-workers. He had a magnetic personality, anytime he entered a space, he would light up the room with his jovial disposition. He always made friends wherever he went and left a lasting impression on everyone he met.

Loved ones who preceded him in death include a son, Marquist DeVon Fuller; grandparents, Estel Bennett, James Bennett, Joe Fuller, Leonita Isaiah, and Russell Franklin. 

He leaves to cherish his memories:

Sons: Derian DeVon Fuller Jr. (South Carolina), Isaiah Cross (Texarkana, TX), Joseph Devonta Fuller (Texarkana, TX), and LaDerian DeVon Fuller (Texarkana, AR)

Daughter:   Kiauna Williams (Texarkana, TX)

Mother:   Evangelist Florine E. Bennett (Atlanta, TX)

Father:   Joseph Glynn Fuller Sr. (Bertie) (Texarkana, TX)

Brother:  Joseph Glynn Fuller Jr. (Texarkana, TX) 

Sisters:  Pamela Moore (David), LaCrystal Cheathem (Johnathan), Tiffany Kennedy (Tony) (Texarkana, TX), and Helen McElveen (Houston, TX)

Grandmother:   Mother Helen Franklin (Chicago, IL)

Along with a daughter he raised, Clemontine Minnifield, six grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends to treasure his memories.