Private family services will be held at a later date in Texas. He was born in Wrigley, Tennessee to Charles Henry Ferebee, Sr. and Emma Stone Ferebee. He was married on January 17, 1952 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Mary Jo Anderson. She died on April 29, 2002. Survivors include two sons, Charles H. Ferebee, III, Coppell, Texas; and James S. Ferebee, Knoxville, Tennessee; one grandson, Scott T. Ferebee, Charlottesville, Virginia; and two sisters, Marjorie Hester, Nashville, Tennessee; and Virginia Black, Johnson City, Tennessee. He was a member of the United Methodist Church and Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He was a career military man with the United States Air Force retiring in 1974 as Senior Master Sergeant. He was later employed with Stone & Webster Construction Company, Homestead, Florida where he served as a nuclear fuel specialist; Tennessee Valley Authority; and Office Supply House, Maryville, Tennessee.