Ferrell, Rick b. October 12, 1905 d. July 27, 1995 Professional Baseball Player. In a career that spanned from 1929 until 1947 he played for the Saint Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, and Washington Senators. He was a solid defensive catcher who had a great eye at the plate. In 1,884 games he struck out only 277 times. He gathered 1,692 hits and had a .281 career batting average. He was chosen for the All-Star team eight times but only played in two games. After retiring as a player he spent thirty years in the Detroit Tigers organization serving...[Read More] (Bio by: Reddfamilyhistory) New Garden Friends Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Plot: Section 1
Ferrell, Wes b. February 2, 1908 d. December 9, 1976 Major League Baseball Player. Born in Guilford, North Carolina, he was a right handed pitcher making his debut at age nineteen with the Cleveland Indians on September 9, 1927. For fifteen seasons, he played with the Cleveland Indians (1927-33), Boston Red Sox (1934-37), Washington Senators in 1938, New York Yankees in 1939, Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940 and Boston Braves in 1941. In 1931, he pitched a no-hitter and was selected to the All-Star teams of 1933 and 1935. He finished with a record of 193...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) New Garden Friends Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Plot: Section 1
Jarrell, Randall b. May 6, 1914 d. October 14, 1965 Poet. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, the eldest son of Owen and Ann Campbell Jarrell. Jarrell attended Vanderbilt, graduating in 1935 and taking a graduate degree three years later. Between 1939 and 1942 he was an English professor at the University of Texas, when he enlisted the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving as a control tower operator. His first book of poems, ‘Blood for a Stranger,' was published in 1942. His second and third collections, ‘Little Friend, Little Friend,' published in 1945 and ‘...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Cause of death: Hit by a car New Garden Friends Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
b. October 12, 1905 d. July 27, 1995