Tomlinson Funeral Home and Crematory announces the death of Rose Ellen Snellgrove Derriso Friday, May 20, 2022 at Pruitt Health Hospice after an extended illness.

Funeral services will be Sunday, May 22, 2022, at 4:00 pm in the chapel of Tomlinson Funeral Home with Reverends Jim Harrell and Tom Tidwell officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in the Youmans Cemetery in Nunez. Pallbearers will be grandsons and great-grandsons.

Rose was born October 27, 1932 in Covena, Georgia to E.W. "Cat" Snellgrove, Sr. and Rosa Mae Brown Snellgrove. She attended school in Wesley, Georgia and was a 1950 graduate of Swainsboro High School. She was a homemaker, former assistant postmistress of the Nunez Post Office, and later worked for the local Wal-Mart where she retired after 19 years. During her time at Wal-Mart, she became affectionately known as "Miss Rose." She was a member of Swainsboro First Baptist Church and both the Fidelis and Agape Sunday School classes.

She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Jesse L. "Dick" Derriso, Jr., brothers E.W. "Buck" Snellgrove, Jr., Luther Elvis Snellgrove, William Lovette Snellgrove, Elma Snellgrove, and sisters Estelle McKay, Thelma Shehan, Atha Bearden, and Van Snellgrove Gay. She was also preceded in death by her son-in-law, Vaughn Riner.

Survivors include one son, Lynn (Sue) Derriso of Sylvania, and one daughter, Marsha Derriso Riner of Swainsboro. She is also survived by grandchildren Angela (Todd) Hooks of Nunez, Jay (Tiffany) Derriso of Sylvania, and Dent Derriso of Sylvania, 6 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Youmans Cemetery Fund, c/o Diane Silas, 449 South College Street, Metter, GA 30439 or to Gideons International, P.O. Box 365, Swainsboro, GA, 30401.