Frank C.

Ferrel

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Air Forces Tech Sgt. Frank C. Ferrel, 31, of Roby, Texas, killed during World War II, was accounted for Ja n. 10, 202 3.

Funeral H onors will be held Friday Apri l 7, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. at McCoy Chapel of Memories in Sweetwater, Texas with Rev. Jeff Sedberry officiating . Military H onor s and interment will follow at Newman Cemetery , south of Sylvester, Texas , performed by the United States Army Honor Guard. McCoy Fun eral Home is in charge of arrang e me n ts. T / Sgt .

Ferrel was born February 12, 1912 to George Washington and Clara Jane (Cross) Ferrel. He married Julia Maurese Putnan June 3, 1941 at Plains, Texas shortly be fore his enl istment in the U.S. Army Air Force. Fra nk was a 1929 graduate of Sylvester H igh Schoo l and received his B.S. Degree in 193 6 fro m McMurray at Abilene, Texas where he was a n accomplished basketball player winning All-Conference Honors . He was a Teacher, Coach and Principal at Goodman, Lueders and Plains High School s .

Among su rvivor s are his nephew; Simon Terrazas and wife Mary of Big Spring, Texas and niece ; Mary Alice Royko and husband Jim of Col lier ville, Te nnessee, deceased niece; ( September 11, 2019 ) Claudean " Dean " Terrazas Cone and her children ; Christine and Michael Mid ford and S t ephen and Na n cy Cone and cousin; Zenita Gardner and husband Leon of Sylvester, Texas .