Ranger Exes Memorial - RHS Class of 1939

JAMES F. FERRIS, 65, was the first of 4 children born to Sally Virginia (Winn) & James Bennett Ferris in Ranger, TX, on April 8, 1922. He had three sisters who also attended Ranger High School, Dorothy Mae Ferris Bollen (RHS-1941), Mary Ferris Bollen (RHS-1942) and Ella Joy Ferris Brewer (RHS-1944). He was married to Hazel Smith of Freeport, TX and they had two children. A son, Randy Ferris & his wife, Sharon, had two daughters; & a daughter, JoAnne Ferris & her husband Tony Wheadon had a son named Garrett. James served in the U.S. Coast Guard during WWII. He died on Nov. 15, 1987 while living in Clute, TX.