The News, Frederick, MD, May 16, 1942
PVT. GEORGE FRANKLIN FERRELL Died in Virgin Islands of Stab Wounds
A few hours after his mother received the first word she had received from him in eleven months, George Franklin Ferrell, 21 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ferrell, of Jefferson, died of stab wounds at St. Croix in the Virgin Islands last Sunday night, according to a telegram received by the parents from the War Department.
Young Ferrell was serving with the Army Air Corps. No details of the fatal stabbing were given in the telegram from the War Department, which informed the parents that a letter would follow.
The parents had heard nothing from their son since last June, when he was transferred to Trinidad, until last Sunday afternoon when Mrs. Ferrell received this Mother's Day message: "Greeting for a mother as dear and as thoughtful as you on Mother's Day."
Mrs. Ferrell said she had written to her son each week or ten days since he enlisted December 8, 1939, and that she heard from him regularly until he left Puerto Rico last June for Trinidad. When last heard from he was a private and was with a bombing squadron.
A former student at Frederick High School, young Ferrell was well-known here as well as in his home community. He was born at Petersville and would have been 22 years old on September 21. His parents had expected him to return home this year when his three year enlistment ended.
The War Department, in notifying the parents of their son's death, said his body cannot be returned to this country for interment until after the end of hostilities. Addressed to Mrs. Ferrell and signed by the Adjutant General, the War Department telegram read:
"The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that your son, George F. Ferrell, died about 10:30 p.m. in Virgin Islands as a result of stab wounds. No remains can be transported to he U. S. until after the termination of hostilities when the Quartermaster General, Washington, D. C. will, if possible and upon written request of the next of kin, bring the remains to the U. S. for final interment. Letter follows."
Members of the family said young Ferrell was anxious to go into the service but frequently expressed fear that something serious might happen at home before he returned.
His father was a machine gunner stationed at Fort Meade during the last World War. Besides his parents, the deceased is survived by two younger brothers, Joseph and James, at home, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Laura E. Ferrell, of Petersville.
(thank you Cari Aiken)
PVT. GEORGE FRANKLIN FERRELL Died in Virgin Islands of Stab Wounds
A few hours after his mother received the first word she had received from him in eleven months, George Franklin Ferrell, 21 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ferrell, of Jefferson, died of stab wounds at St. Croix in the Virgin Islands last Sunday night, according to a telegram received by the parents from the War Department.
Young Ferrell was serving with the Army Air Corps. No details of the fatal stabbing were given in the telegram from the War Department, which informed the parents that a letter would follow.
The parents had heard nothing from their son since last June, when he was transferred to Trinidad, until last Sunday afternoon when Mrs. Ferrell received this Mother's Day message: "Greeting for a mother as dear and as thoughtful as you on Mother's Day."
Mrs. Ferrell said she had written to her son each week or ten days since he enlisted December 8, 1939, and that she heard from him regularly until he left Puerto Rico last June for Trinidad. When last heard from he was a private and was with a bombing squadron.
A former student at Frederick High School, young Ferrell was well-known here as well as in his home community. He was born at Petersville and would have been 22 years old on September 21. His parents had expected him to return home this year when his three year enlistment ended.
The War Department, in notifying the parents of their son's death, said his body cannot be returned to this country for interment until after the end of hostilities. Addressed to Mrs. Ferrell and signed by the Adjutant General, the War Department telegram read:
"The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that your son, George F. Ferrell, died about 10:30 p.m. in Virgin Islands as a result of stab wounds. No remains can be transported to he U. S. until after the termination of hostilities when the Quartermaster General, Washington, D. C. will, if possible and upon written request of the next of kin, bring the remains to the U. S. for final interment. Letter follows."
Members of the family said young Ferrell was anxious to go into the service but frequently expressed fear that something serious might happen at home before he returned.
His father was a machine gunner stationed at Fort Meade during the last World War. Besides his parents, the deceased is survived by two younger brothers, Joseph and James, at home, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Laura E. Ferrell, of Petersville.
(thank you Cari Aiken)
The News, Frederick, MD, May 16, 1942
PVT. GEORGE FRANKLIN FERRELL Died in Virgin Islands of Stab Wounds
A few hours after his mother received the first word she had received from him in eleven months, George Franklin Ferrell, 21 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ferrell, of Jefferson, died of stab wounds at St. Croix in the Virgin Islands last Sunday night, according to a telegram received by the parents from the War Department.
Young Ferrell was serving with the Army Air Corps. No details of the fatal stabbing were given in the telegram from the War Department, which informed the parents that a letter would follow.
The parents had heard nothing from their son since last June, when he was transferred to Trinidad, until last Sunday afternoon when Mrs. Ferrell received this Mother's Day message: "Greeting for a mother as dear and as thoughtful as you on Mother's Day."
Mrs. Ferrell said she had written to her son each week or ten days since he enlisted December 8, 1939, and that she heard from him regularly until he left Puerto Rico last June for Trinidad. When last heard from he was a private and was with a bombing squadron.
A former student at Frederick High School, young Ferrell was well-known here as well as in his home community. He was born at Petersville and would have been 22 years old on September 21. His parents had expected him to return home this year when his three year enlistment ended.
The War Department, in notifying the parents of their son's death, said his body cannot be returned to this country for interment until after the end of hostilities. Addressed to Mrs. Ferrell and signed by the Adjutant General, the War Department telegram read:
"The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that your son, George F. Ferrell, died about 10:30 p.m. in Virgin Islands as a result of stab wounds. No remains can be transported to he U. S. until after the termination of hostilities when the Quartermaster General, Washington, D. C. will, if possible and upon written request of the next of kin, bring the remains to the U. S. for final interment. Letter follows."
Members of the family said young Ferrell was anxious to go into the service but frequently expressed fear that something serious might happen at home before he returned.
His father was a machine gunner stationed at Fort Meade during the last World War. Besides his parents, the deceased is survived by two younger brothers, Joseph and James, at home, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Laura E. Ferrell, of Petersville.
(thank you Cari Aiken)
PVT. GEORGE FRANKLIN FERRELL Died in Virgin Islands of Stab Wounds
A few hours after his mother received the first word she had received from him in eleven months, George Franklin Ferrell, 21 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ferrell, of Jefferson, died of stab wounds at St. Croix in the Virgin Islands last Sunday night, according to a telegram received by the parents from the War Department.
Young Ferrell was serving with the Army Air Corps. No details of the fatal stabbing were given in the telegram from the War Department, which informed the parents that a letter would follow.
The parents had heard nothing from their son since last June, when he was transferred to Trinidad, until last Sunday afternoon when Mrs. Ferrell received this Mother's Day message: "Greeting for a mother as dear and as thoughtful as you on Mother's Day."
Mrs. Ferrell said she had written to her son each week or ten days since he enlisted December 8, 1939, and that she heard from him regularly until he left Puerto Rico last June for Trinidad. When last heard from he was a private and was with a bombing squadron.
A former student at Frederick High School, young Ferrell was well-known here as well as in his home community. He was born at Petersville and would have been 22 years old on September 21. His parents had expected him to return home this year when his three year enlistment ended.
The War Department, in notifying the parents of their son's death, said his body cannot be returned to this country for interment until after the end of hostilities. Addressed to Mrs. Ferrell and signed by the Adjutant General, the War Department telegram read:
"The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that your son, George F. Ferrell, died about 10:30 p.m. in Virgin Islands as a result of stab wounds. No remains can be transported to he U. S. until after the termination of hostilities when the Quartermaster General, Washington, D. C. will, if possible and upon written request of the next of kin, bring the remains to the U. S. for final interment. Letter follows."
Members of the family said young Ferrell was anxious to go into the service but frequently expressed fear that something serious might happen at home before he returned.
His father was a machine gunner stationed at Fort Meade during the last World War. Besides his parents, the deceased is survived by two younger brothers, Joseph and James, at home, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Laura E. Ferrell, of Petersville.
(thank you Cari Aiken)
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