Nathaniel J. Ferril
July 18, 1978 ~ March 12, 2021
A Celebration of Nathaniel’s life: Will be at 7:00 p.m. Friday March 19, 2021 at the Jewell – Rittman Family Funeral Home with Rev. Gary Linton officiating.
Visitation: Will be from 5:30 p.m. until time of services Friday.
Nathaniel John “Frog” Ferril, 42 of Columbus, Indiana passed away March 12, 2021 in his home. He was born July 18, 1978 in Columbus, Indiana. He is the son of Kathy (Larry) Rudd and John (Charlotta) Ferril.
Jewell – Rittman Family Funeral Home would like to thank everyone in advanced for wearing masks and practicing social distancing while attending gatherings.
Nate loved his family, especially his nieces and nephews, and they adored him. He loved to spend time with his friends. He had a big heart and loved to help people. He enjoyed playing basketball and video games. He was known by many as “Frog” and collected all things frog. He will be deeply missed by all. He enjoyed writing lyrics for Christian Rap music.
Nathan is survived by his parents Kathy (Larry) Rudd of Taylorsville and John (Charlotta) Ferril of Columbus; a grandmother, Bethel May Taylor of Edinburgh; sisters Leah (Ray Johnson) Knight, Carlotta (Tyrone Williams) Montano of Seymour, Becca Ferril Applegate of Columbus, Linda Ferril Coleman of Seymour, Tasha (Mike) Johnson of Illinois; aunts and uncles Ron (Jane) Ferril of Columbus, Jim (Star) Todd of Waynetown, Charna Todd Howson of North Carolina, David (Wendy) Todd of Illinois, Celena Todd Gammon of Illinois, Judy Stonehocker of Oregon, Janice (Jay) Cassell of Edinburgh, Jeanette (Lonnie) Stroud of Edinburgh, Jaylan (Bob) Marks of New York; nieces and nephews Alyssa Underwood, Drake and Gage Coleman, Allie and Lydia Ferril, Matthew, Carolyn, and Joe Johnson; as well as several cousins.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Florence and Gib Henry and Mary and Joe Ferril; uncles Jack Ferril and Rick Henry, as well as his dog Diesel.
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Nate-dog gonna miss ya man RIP my friend!
One Cool Dude!! Worked w him twice and he always worked hard! Rip Nate!!!! 🙁
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Our family has many happy memories of you, when you were a little boy to the man you became. I just wish you could have seen yourself through the eyes of the ones who loved you. A sweet soul who loved passionately. You were loved and you will be missed.
Gonna miss him Bad Momma!
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I’ve known Frog for many years. He was a wonderful friend and a great human. I loved him dearly. I’m going to miss our talks and our laughs. You’ll forever be in my heart.
Frog was a Great Childhood Friend! Spent many days rapping on his front porch to the pic nic table behind our house to Cruisen down Telman road. We Grew up together and My brother was one of his best friends, which made him My Brother as well. I Always Love and Miss you Very Dearly Bro!
U have some nerve Courtney how u treated him the year before his death piece of shit
Frog and I grew up together I love listening to him rap he was so good frog didn’t care what it took he would give his shirt off his back to make you happy frog you are loved I’m going to be missed truly
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i met nate high school,was always writing raps. he had a hard image, but was always nice and loyal friend ! have many memorys ! he will be missed
God speed to you Nate. May you find some peace and quiet. I barely knew you but I saw and felt your pain. I’m so sorry you struggled so and never knew your own worth.
I hope somehow you’ll know there are people here who knew of your kindness and big heart. We are saddened by your leaving. May you rest in peace and fly high wherever you are. God Bless you.
Catherine Jackson
Looking at the video brought back a lot of childhood memories of Nathan when his family visited us ky cousins, we all are very saddened to hear of his passing, Although I hadn’t seen him for several years I can picture the little blond haired rambunctious young boy running around and playing with us in the yard, may his soul be at peace and many many prayers for his family .
Thank you ❤️
Rest peacefully, Nate.
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So very sorry for your loss!
How can I start this by saying we’ve been friends since I was thirteen I’ve literally known him my whole life I’ve seen him lose his grandma and his family forget about him his step dad very violent and mean to him while his mom just didn’t care and let it happen to all the sisters who never came seen him and all the times I pleaded with him to get help and check in to the psych ward and he would and check back out and countinue down hill I lived with him for a year and tried all I could to help his mental I finally move to Indy and read his obituary in the paper didn’t even know he died I feel lost and sadden to the fact of losing a good long life friend Frog u was a good dude and I hope god let’s u in after all of this I just wish u could of had more REAL LOVING FAMILY members than the losers that say they your family that didn’t or don’t give a care about u and your well being or they would have gotten help that’s why I’m so angry!! Fly high Rest In Paradise my brother you won’t be forgotten…. ❤️ Josh And Audrey
As one of the so-called “losers” you mentioned I take extreme offense to your post. Frog pushed his family away. We never forgot about him. He wouldn’t let us in his world. There’s only so much you can do in such a situation. We are ALL heartbroken over his passing. I pray that you find solace in God for the loss of your friend. Thank you for trying to help him. I pray you think twice before posting such hurtful words on the next obituary you encounter. May God bless you and your family. Shalom 🙏🏼
Been a little over 2 yes and just now seeing this comment from a so called friend who probably didn’t do anything to help Nate. And if you did live with him you were living off of our mom because she was paying all the bills at Nates. So how dare you come on here and say those things when you probably just used him for a place to stay. Hard to help someone when they push everyone away, including his sisters, mom, dad. You have no idea what we went through and what we did for him and the battles we went through for him. You only know what he told you and he was not in his right mind so he could’ve told you anything.