A. J. Ferrell, age 90, died at his home in Great Bend, Kansas, November 28, 2006. Born September 8, 1916 at Dewey County, Oklahoma, the son of Thomas H. and Sally Canady Ferrell, he married Madeline Farris in 1943, with the couple later divorcing. He married Thelma Ruth Williams on March 2, 1947. She died July 4, 1983. He then married Betty L. Townsend June 23, 1985 at Great Bend, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1953, Mr. Ferrell owned and operated A. J. Ferrell Company for more than thirty years, and welded on pipline across the country including Oklahoma, Wyoming and Illinois. Additionally, Mr. Ferrell helped Red Foley invent oil related pipe cleaning equipment. He was a member of the First Christian Church, a former member of the Church of Christ, both of Great Bend, Masonic Lodge A. F. and A. M. Number 15 York Rite Bodies, and the Isis Shrine of Salina. Survivors include his wife, Betty, of the home; two sons, Tom Lee Ferrell, Evanston, Wyoming and Jack J. Ferrell, Great Bend, Kansas; one step-son, Randy Ronell Bombardier and wife Marliss, Richfield, Washington; two daughters, Virginia Lee Shawver and husband, E. B., Augusta, Kansas and Marilyn Kay Beal and husband, Robert, Farmington, Utah; three step-daughters, Diane Rae Effertz and husband, Hank, Great Bend, Kansas, Debra Faye Millikan and husband, Michael, Salina, Kansas; and Cindy Lou Dobratz and husband, Donald, Dodge City, Kansas. Nineteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren also survive Mr. Ferrell. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Willie Ferrell, Norman Ferrell, Phillip Ferrell and Gene Ferrell, and four sisters, Sybil Foley, Ruby Oller, Allene Fuller, and Pauline Breitenbach. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 1, 2006 at the First Christian Church in Great Bend, Kansas, with the Revs. William F. Johnson and Dick Ogle presiding. Interment with Masonic Committal Rites will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday, November 30, 2006 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. all at Bryant Funeral Home. A memorial has been established with First Christian Church or Southwind Hospice in care of Bryant Funeral Home.