09/17/2017 – Derek Cecil, Melissa Bruning – 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Arrivals – Microsoft Theater, 777 Chick Hearn Court – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Derek Alan Cecil
Place of Birth: Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 5, 1973
Ethnicity: English, some Scottish, distant French
Derek Cecil is an American actor. He is the son of Katherine Frances “Kathy” (Hughes) and David Allen Cecil.
Derek’s paternal grandfather was Eugene Benson Cecil.
Derek’s paternal grandmother was Ara Darlene Pirkle (the son of Jefferson Cisrow “Jeff” Pirkle and Sallie E. McCulley).
Derek’s maternal grandfather was Rupert Mack Hughes (the son of William Mack Henry Hughes and Ella Messer). William was the son of Thomas Pleasant Hughes and Sarah C. Adcox. Ella was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Messer and America Elizabeth Disheroon.
Derek’s maternal grandmother was June Corinne Moreman (the daughter of William Herlie Moreman and Biffie Grace Hart). William was the son of William Hill Moreman and Ethel Irene Jones. Biffie was the daughter of Thomas Adolphus Hart and Frances Cooke Adkinson.
Source: Derek’s paternal grandmother, Ara Darlene Pirkle, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CMKZ-W6Z
Genealogy of Derek’s maternal grandfather, Rupert Mack Hughes – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27455927