Mrs. Mary Ellen Ferrell, 88, passed away Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, at the home of her daughter in McMinnville. She was born in Beersheba Springs on Aug. 14, 1935, to Joe Carpenter Tate and Ethel Gross Tate who preceded her in death along with her husband, Troy Ferrell; son, Darrell Lee Tate Scott; brothers, Hershel Leon Tate, Joe B. Tate, Ray Tate and Bill Tate; and sister, Mildred Melton.

She was a member of the Panhandle Baptist Church.

She is survived by her daughter, Sherry (Kerry) Pearsell; grandchildren, Ken (Shandah) Brady, Tonya (Blake) Crawford, Jody Brady and Nichole Lockhart; great grandchildren, Morgan Chandler, Jacey, Kennedy, Jagger and Elliott Brady, Rylie and Myke Crawford, Riley Jean Greene, Christian Lockhart, Ashlyn, Logan (Hannah) Hill; great great grandchildren, Ivy and Bodie Chandler, Huntley Hill; several nieces and nephews.

Graveside funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Grace Chapel Cemetery with her grandson, Ken Brady officiating.

Layne Funeral Home, Altamont, Tenn. is in charge of arrangements.

Southern Standard

(McMinnville, Tenn.) Sept. 15, 2023