Mrs Norma English Ferrell Obituary

Mrs. Norma English Ferrell, 83, of Leesburg, GA, formerly of Albany, died October 21, 2011 at her residence. Her funeral service will be held Saturday 11 AM at Kimbrell-Stern with interment to follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Olin Johnson will officiate. Mrs. Norma English Ferrell was born July 12, 1928 in Long Eddy, New York to Francis Willard English and Marian LaValle English. After graduating from Hancock Central School, Hancock, New York in 1945, she enrolled in the Cadet Nurse Corps, a program of the United States Public Health Service, and graduated from St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing, New York, New York in 1948. In 1951 she married Leland Ferrell whom she met on a blind date when she passed through Albany on her way to Florida to accept a nursing position in Daytona Beach. She made her home and raised her family in Albany. Her nursing career included positions in area hospitals as well as working for Dr. Charles M. Holman as his office nurse for twenty-five years. After retiring from her nursing career, she exchanged her nursing shoes for a pair of rattlesnake proof boots to help her husband survey Northampton County Estates in Lee County. After his death in 1992, she continued his work and subsequently developed and managed Sections III, IV, and V of Northampton Country Estates. She is preceded in death by her husband of forty years, Leland Randall Ferrell, and her son, Robert Burnham Ferrell and her brother, Capt. Francis W. English, Jr. USN Ret. She was a member of Central Baptist Church. She was active in the United States Power Squadron Flint River District. She is survived by her three daughters, Dianne Davis (Dr. Bill) of Chula, Georgia, Valle Watanabe (Russell) of Aiea, Hawaii and LeeAnne Perry (George) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, ten grandchildren, Lindsay Davis Middleton, Asa Davis, Jonathan Watanabe, Emerson Watanabe, Natalie Watanabe, Jenni Perry Bishop (Brady), Ashley Perry, Amanda Perry, Tyler Ferrell, Drew Ferrell and three great grandchildren, Mason Middleton, Kelby Bishop and Ezekiel Watanabe. She leaves behind her beloved companion, Julius T. Klein. The family wishes to thank Albany Community Hospice and the wonderful team of physicians involved in her care, Dr. Kay Kitchen, Dr. Thomas Neal, Dr. Chandler Berg, Dr. Price Corr and Dr. John Grant as well as sitters Gloria Seay and Christine Monds. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Willson Hospice House, 320 Foundation Ln., Albany, GA 31707. The family will receive friends at 10 AM Saturday, October 29, 2011 one hour before the service at Kimbrell-Stern. You may sign the online guestbook and share your own memories with the family of Norma English Ferrell by visiting Kimbrell-Stern's website at www.kimbrellstern.com.

Mrs Norma English Ferrell Obituary

July 12, 1928 - October 21, 2011