TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for FERGUSON, ANTHONY Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from June 1 to June 2, 2015 Died: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= FERGUSON, ANTHONY ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2015/f1505.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Anthony Robert Smith Ferguson, a native and resident of Houma, passed away, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until funeral time Saturday, June 6, at Chauvin Funeral Home in Houma. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. He is survived by his parents, Charles William and Teresa "Teri" Yopp Ferguson; sister, Stacey Ferguson; brothers, Sean DeHart and Christopher Smith; aunts, Cathy Yopp and Donna Y. LeBlanc and husband, Wesley; and cousins, Kayla, Renee and David Trahan, Shannon L. Marcel and husband, Steve, and Trent Yopp. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Orrin Ferguson, Louise Walters Matthews, Donald Yopp and Barbara Jensen Shannon. Anthony was a 2006 graduate of H.L. Bourgeois High School. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and earned an associate degree in business administration. He became a licensed electronics and fiber optics technician as well as a journeyman electronic technician. He held a general radio-telephone operator license and he earned the title of communications technology technician. He completed a special course in Braille to assist in developing his prototype of an electronic device to assist the blind. Anthony attended Christian Assembly Church in Schriever. As a teenager, he traveled to Mexico with the church youth group to work on projects for the mission church. He was employed with the Cross Group. He enjoyed art including sketching and painting. He also enjoyed languages. He was a loving son and caring friend to all. He had a very close relationship with his extended family. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Chauvin Funeral Home in Houma is in charge of arrangements. US Marines ======================