Clarence "Ted" Ferrell

Birth date: Nov 5, 1929 Death date: May 11, 2018

Clarence H. “Ted” Ferrell, 88, of Rocky River, formerly of Cleveland, passed away May 11, 2018. He was born in Lenore, West Virginia, the son of the late William and Sophronia (Dempsey) Ferrell. He grew up on the family farm and l Read Obituary

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Karen Hoover

401w ago

I wrote this poem about Uncle Ted. Called. What is a Perfect UncleGrowing up in W.Va., 5 years old or so, I had a perfect Uncle Teddy.;Perfect in my eyes….even tho, I never told him so.He was perfect and I am not the only one who loved him soFor there were 4 Ferrell girls, about the same age,That felt he held the Sun, Moon, and Stars just so.We each thought we were his favorite. This was so true.Now the memories I have bring a smile upon my face of you.Uncle Teddy would play this game of hide and seek with us.It was a delight of our day. …When he would put us all, in his Korean ArmyHammock, then zip us safely in. Then go and try to find us, till we all hollered at him. Here we are giggle, giggle, grin. Then he would swing us in his hammock, to all of our delight, as we giggled more, and more, Then he would let us out. He Went To College and found his true love Aunt Jan.We all hated her, at first. Because she stole our man.We would not talk or smile at at her, at first we were so mad.But one day she brought a baby girl, Deborah, then our hearts melted then.So our perfect Uncle was a dad you see,We knew In our hearts What a Perfect Dad he would be.Karen Ferrell HooverLove you , Uncle Ted. Rest in peace

Karen Ferrell Hoover

401w ago

I wrote this poem about U ncle Teddy today called: What is a perfect Uncle.Growing up in W.Va, 5 years old or so. I had a perfect Uncle Teddy. Perfect in my eyes. …even tho. I never told him so. He was perfect and I am not the only one who loved him so. For there were 4 Ferrell girls, about the same age, That felt he held the Sun, Moon, and Stars just so. We each thought we were his favorite. This was true so true. Now the memories I have bring a smile upon my face of you. Uncle Teddy would play this game of hide and seek with us. It was the delight of our day. When he would hide us, he would put us all, in his Korean Army Hammock, then zip us safely in. THEN go and try to find us, til we all hollered at him. Here we are giggle, giggle, grin Then he would swing us in his Hammock, to all of our delight, as we giggled more and more, Then he would let us out. HE WENT TO COLLEGE and found his true love Aunt Jan. We all hated her, at first. Because she stole our man. We would not talk or smile at her, at first we were so mad. But one day she brought a baby girl Deborah, then our hearts were melted then. So our perfect Uncle was a dad you see. We knew in our hearts What A perfect Dad he would be.Karen Ferrell Hoover.

Juanita (Nita) Ferrell Miller

401w ago

Uncle Teddy was my (our) favorite Uncle. He played with us, teased us and loved us and we loved him back. Uncle Ted was one of the friendliest, loving men I ever knew.. He was the youngest of the Ferrell boys. When he came home from the Korean War he put up his army hammock in Grandma's backyard. Us kids, (all girls, (Me, Rita, Linda, Karen, & Marlene) would get into this gigantic hammock, Uncle Ted would zip us up in it, pull the rain flap over the front to hide us and then pretend to look for us. We squealed with glee. He would play with us for hours. Never a dulll moment with him.One time Uncle Teddy took us girls on a date with him. That was a diasaster. I laugh everytime I think of it. His girlfriend lived across a swinging bridge. And us girls were afraid to cross the bridge.. so Uncle Ted carried us all across. I think this girl was a little put out that he had brought these kids with him and girls to boot. They made fudge that night and we ate our fill. On the way across the bridge we all threw up on Uncle Ted. We had eaten too much fudge. He never took us on a date again.When he was dating Aunt Jan, all us girls hated her. She was taking away our wonderful Uncle. After Uncle Ted married her, we fell in love with her too. And they were so great together. Meant to be.Uncle Ted played the accordian very well. When he was younger ..late at night..he would go upon the top of the mountain in Lenore and play his accordian. He made it sound like a 'panther' screaming. Scared lots of folks to death. We had black panthers in West Virginia and when they yowl, they sound like a woman screaming. He said he sure had fun doing that.One time he and his friends….this was in his younger years…..decided to "de" skunk a skunk. Well..that didn't turn out so well…..they cut out the wrong thing and the skunk sprayed them all. They had to bury their clothes out by the barn and were banned from the house for quite a while. They stayed in the old barn cause Grandma wouldn't let them near the house. He said the smell was horrible. It made them sick.Anyway, as you can see….Uncle Ted was quite the guy. Full of life, energy and love. We have lost a 'great' man but I can't help think what a smile was on Aunt Jan's face when Uncle Ted walked through that veil to greet her on 'Mother's Day'. What a great "Mother's Day" gift. God has great timing. The thought makes me cry with joy.Love you Uncle Ted. Until we meet again. God Bless your wonderful family. May they live up to your legacy.LoveJuanita Ferrell Miller or Nita, as they call me.

Juanita (Nita) Ferrell Miller

401w ago

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