Zellie Ferrell

ZELLIE FERRELL
ZELLIE ESCO FERRELL OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JULY 11, 1912, IN SLIGO, MISSOURI, A SON OF THOMAS AND JULIA FERRELL. ZELLIE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT NHC HEALTHCARE, DESLOGE, ON AUGUST 29, 2001, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-NINE YEARS, ONE MONTH AND EIGHTEEN DAYS.
ZELLIE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO EVELYN RUTH BECK ON JUNE 24, 1933, IN IRONDALE, MISSOURI, AND THEY WERE BLESSED WITH FIVE SONS.
ZELLIE IS SURVIVED BY FIVE SONS, LESTER FERRELL AND WIFE MARILYN OF HILLSBORO, CHARLES FERRELL AND WIFE BECKY OF PARK HILLS, DONALD FERRELL AND WIFE CAROLINE OF IRONDALE, ROGER FERRELL AND WIFE GERRE OF MARYLAND HEIGHTS, DAVID FERRELL OF IRONDALE, EIGHTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, FORTY-TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, THREE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ONE SISTER, ETHEL COX OF DESLOGE AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. ZELLIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, EVELYN FERRELL, HIS PARENTS, THOMAS AND JULIA FERRELL, ONE GREAT GRANDSON, MATTHEW FERRELL AND BY ONE SISTER, ESSIE FERRELL.
PRIOR TO HIS RETIREMENT, ZELLIE HAD WORK FORTY YEARS IN THE LEAD MINES TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. ZELLIE ENJOYED THE OUT OF DOORS HUNTING AND FISHING. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE AND LOVED TO SPEND TIME SQUIRREL HUNTING.
VISITATION FOR ZELLIE WAS HELD FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2001 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE, MISSOURI..
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2001 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, IRONDALE, MISSOURI WITH REVEREND BRUCE TORRANCE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE BIG RIVER CEMETERY. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE TERRY STEGALL, PAUL PORTERFIELD, BRANDON MAHURIN, MICHAEL WALLACE, TIMMY SMITH, DWAYNE FERRELL, RANDY FERRELL AND CHARLES C.J. FERRELL. SERVICES WERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, IRONDALE, MISSOURI.