Background
Deering, Ferdie Jackson was born on October 24, 1910 in Denison, Texas, United States. Son of Norman Henry and Hattie (Br) Deering.
Deering, Ferdie Jackson was born on October 24, 1910 in Denison, Texas, United States. Son of Norman Henry and Hattie (Br) Deering.
Student, East Central State College, 1928-1931.
Reporter, Ada (Oklahoma) Evening News, 1931-1932; advertising salesman, Denison (Texas) Herald, 1932-1933; night editor, Ada News, 1934-1937; associate editor, The Farmer-Stockman, Oklahoma City, 1937-1942; editor, The Farmer-Stockman, 1943-1973; editor, manager, RX Golf and Travel magazine, 1967-1968; editor, Oklahoma's Orbit magazine, 1961-1969; member management committee, Oklahoma Public Company, 1948-1975; director, assistant secretary, Oklahoma Public Company, 1958-1975; editorial writer, Daily Oklahoman-Oklahoma City Times, 1972-1975; vice president, editorial director, Farmer-Stockman Public Company, 1973-1986; editorial columnist, Daily Oklahoman, 1942-1985; agricultural business columnist, Sunday Oklahoman, 1944-1985.
Member governor board Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oklahoma City, 1966-1972. Member weather modification advisory board Oklahoma Water Resources Board, 1972-1986. Trustee Water Development Foundation Oklahoma, 1976-1978, Southwest American Livestock Foundation.
Board directors University Oklahoma Research Institute, 1953-1975, Baptist Foundation Oklahoma, 1975-1979, Oklahoma 4-H Foundation, 1979-1982. Member State Farm Magazine Bureau (director 1967-1973), Agricultural Public Association (director 1967-1973), Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce (vice president 1962-1963), American Agricultural Editors Association (president 1951) Clubs: Sirloin Oklahoma (president 1957-1958, director).
Married Flora Mildred Jennings, May 3, 1935. Children: Cheryl Beth (Mistress Richard Ralph Wilson), Robert E.