Derrick Portrait Presented

Lexington Mayor Frank Friedman (right) presents a portrait of Homer E. “Buddy” Derrick Jr., courtesy of the Derrick family, to Greg Madsen, vice president and administrator of Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital. The portrait will hang in the hospital’s board room, which is already named for him. Derrick, former Lexington mayor and longtime member of the hospital’s board, died last September. “Our community is greatly indebted to Buddy and the Derrick family for their commitment to the entire community and especially the hospital,” said Friedman. “Buddy supported the work of the hospital as mayor, as resident, as board member, as financial contributor, and as patient on a few occasions.”