Ferrill Bartlett Roberts 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 27 Jul 1914 - Deming, Luna Co., New Mexico
    Christening: 
          Death: 30 Jun 1972 - Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas ( at age 57) 2
         Burial: in Sunset Cem., Stinnett, Hutchinson Co., Texas
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Harrison Roberts (1890-1972) 3
         Mother: Myrtle Ethel Weaver (1895-1989) 4 5
Notes
General:
The life of Ferrill Roberts/Early is described on pages 147-49 in The Early Families of Knox and Whitley Counties, Kentucky with Allied Families by Cleland Edward Early, Second Edition, 1996. Ferrill is Myrtle Weaver's son by her first husband Benjamin H. Roberts, and Cleland is her son by her second husband Jacob Edward Early. Cleland and Ferrill are half-brothers.

"Ferrill Bartlett Early was born on July 27, 1914 in Deming, Luna County, New Mexico the son of Benjamin H. and Myrtle Weaver Roberts. He was legally adopted by Jacob Edward Early in Colorado Springs, El Paso County Colorado in 1919. He started working on his father's farm when he was five years old and attended his first school in Wigwam, Colorado. He also attended schools in Widefield and Fountain, Colorado. He attended schools in Stinnett, Texas until 1931 when the depression forced the closing of Stinnett High School. Ferrill Early spent his senior year with an uncle in Claude, Texas and he graduated from Claude High School in 1932 where he was an all-state football player. He returned to Stinnett, Texas and lived with his family during the depression years. In 1936, he was employed by Panhandle Eastern Pipeline company as a construction foreman. He was one of the first men from Hutchinson County to be drafted in October of 1940. He entered the U.S. Army as a private, and was released from active duty as a Major in 1945. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster for his actions. He married Ruby LaVerne Ownley Rogers, the daughter of Joe Ownley in Dumas, Moore County, Texas on December 3, 1943. She was born in Plemons, Hutchinson County, Texas on October 19, 1914. She had one sone, J. C. Rogers, by her first marriage.
"He returned to Stinnett, Texas after the war and became a farmer. He was active in the community and veterans' affairs and spent several years as a member of the City Council of Stinnett, Texas. He contracted Emphysema in 1962 and died in Amarillo, Texas after a long illness on June 30, 1972. He was buried in Sunset Cemetery, Stinnett, Texas. LaVerne Ownley Early died in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 4, 1986. She was buried alongside her husband, Ferrill, in Sunset Cemetery, Stinnett, Texas on November 7, 1986. One daughter was born of this marriage."

TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATE 54181:

Ferrill B. Early, married, rancher/cattle ranching, died June 30, 1972 in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas at age 57.
Usual Residence: 832 Davis St., Stinnett, Hutchinson Co., Texas
Born: July 27, 1914 in New Mexico
Father: Jacob Early
Mother: Myrtle Weaver
Informant: Mrs. La Verne Early
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Sources

1 Cleland Early, "The Early Familes of Knox and Whitley Counties, Kentucky," 1996, pgs 147-49.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 32245591.

3 Cleland Early, "The Early Familes of Knox and Whitley Counties, Kentucky," 1996, pg 147.

4 Mac McCurdy, "http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: mactex."

5 Cleland Early, "The Early Familes of Knox and Whitley Counties, Kentucky," 1996, pg 144-47.

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