Ferrell, J. P. “Jake”

J. P. “Jake” Ferrell, 86, of Portales, died Monday, May 1, 2006, at Retirement Ranch in Clovis.

He was born April 28, 1920, in Forrest to Helen and Perry Ferrell.

In 1929, the family moved to a farm near Portales. He quit school as a teen during the...