Mr. Ferrell L Cornutt

January 26, 1926 - August 28, 2017

Funeral will be at 11 AM, Thursday, August 31, 2017 at City Church , Rainbow City, for Ferrell L. Cornutt, 91, of Gadsden, who died Monday, August 28, 2017. Reverend Jan Stanley and Brother Richard Acray will officiate. Entombment will follow at Forrest Cemetery. Village Chapel Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Cornutt graduated as Salutatorian at Emma Sansom High School in 1944. He honorably served in the US Army during World War II and the Korean War, and worked for 47 years at Alabama City Bank. Ferrell served as Church Clerk and Sunday School teacher for over 40 years at Alabama City Church of God. He sang for many years with his family quartet, The Singing Cornutts. They recorded several albums, from which proceeds were used to fund mission’s churches all over the world. He served for two terms on the National Layman’s Board for the Church of God. The city of Gadsden designated April 8, 1990 as Ferrell L. Cornutt Day. He was a great man, a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He was preceded in death by his wife, the love of his life, Doris Cornutt; and parents, Dave and Pauline Cornutt. He is survived by his children, Denise (Bill) Sanders, Kevin (Margy) Cornutt, and Kris (Kristi) Cornutt; 13 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; brothers, Harold Cornutt and John Paul Cornutt; sister, Janice Colegrove; and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Big Oak Ranch or Eagle Rock Ranch. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Daniel, Jared and Alec Cornutt, Jason Bane, and Jansen Harmon. Special thanks to his granddaughter, Cori, who took great care of him for several years, Amedisys Home Health, the staff of Riverview Regional, and Dr. Sancheti. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 pm until 8 pm at Village Chapel, and he will lie in state for one hour prior to the service Thursday at City Church.