Opal Ferrell's Obituary
Funeral services for Opal Ferrell, 89, of Longview, will be 10 AM Friday in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home with Reverend Billy Foote officiating. Interment will be at 1 PM in the Shady Grove Cemetery in Panola County, Texas. The family will greet friends Thursday evening at the funeral home from 7 to 8 PM.
Mrs. Ferrell was born July 19, 1917 in Grand Bluff, Texas to Charles and Zora Hudson. She was a member of Watermark Fellowship and had been the fountain manager for F. W. Woolworth and worked at several local restaurants as a waitress. Mrs. Ferrell was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her husbands: John A. Ferrell and Willie N. Dailey, son; Reuben Dailey, parents: Charles and Zora Hudson, brothers; Thomas, Henry, James and Virgil Hudson, sisters; Louise Jarrell, Nell Webster and Alene Hudson.
Mrs. Ferrell is survived by her daughters: Leatha Glisson of San Antonio, TX and Laura Skinner and husband Arnold of Longview; sons: Bobby Ferrell and wife Vicki of Spring, TX, Charles Ferrell and wife Jan of Longview and Gene Ferrell and wife Glenda of Longview; daughter in law: Merlene Dailey of Gladewater. Eleven 11 Grandchildren, Twenty three 23 Great Grandchildren and numerous other relatives.
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