Obituaries: Rebecca Ferguson, 1950, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483

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From: February 10, 1950 Winnfield News-American

Mrs. Ferguson, Life Long Winn Native, Is Buried Monday

Prominent Atlanta Woman Dies Saturday After Long Illness

Funeral services were held at the Atlanta Methodist Church at 11 a.m. Monday,
February 6, for Mrs. Rebecca Ferguson, 92, of Atlanta, who died at 7 p.m.
Saturday following a long illness.  Rites were conducted by the Rev. Grafton
Shaw, the Rev. J. C. Russeau, pastor of the church, the Rev. C. M. Robinson of
Winnfield, and the Rev. James Smith, pastor of the Atlanta Baptist Church, and
interment was in the Atlanta Cemetery.

Active pallbearers, all grandsons of the deceased, included B. D. Ferguson,
Prentice Ferguson, C. G. Neal, Alvin Neal, T. E. Ferguson, and A. B. Collier. 
The balance of Mrs. Ferguson's grandchildren were honorary pallbearers.

The deceased, a lifelong resident of Winn Parish, was born in the Jerusalem
Community.  She was well known throughout the parish and probably was the
oldest native living in the parish at the time of her death.

She is survived by four sons, C. H. Ferguson and E. G. Ferguson of Atlanta, J.
L. Ferguson of Winnfield, and Cassius C. Ferguson of Crowley; two daughters,
Mrs. M. F. Collier and Mrs. Nettie Neal of Atlanta; 22 grandchildren, 20 great
grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.

Out of town visitors for the funeral included B. D. Ferguson and Billy
Ferguson of Houston, Texas; A. D. Kyle and family of Stamps, Ark.; Lee
Waldron, Oil City; Mr. and Mrs. Willie Robinson of Shreveport; Minnie Baldwin,
state president of the National League of District Postmasters, and sister of
Bernice; Mrs. Laverna Ramsey, secretary-treasurer of the league, and Miss
Maries of Pleasant Hill; Melvin Gresham and family of Jonesboro; A. J. Collier
and family of Crowville; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Neal of Shreveport; Mrs. Carrie
Kelly of Pineville; Sam B. Hunt of Monroe; Harold Collier, Natchitoches;
Wright Collier of Campti; Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Corbett, Gilbert; L. O. Ferguson
and family of Alexandria; Cecil Shaw and family of Clarks; Mr. and Mrs. Newell
Gauthier of Cottonport, La.; Perry Jennings, Montgomery; Johnny Stroud and
family of Lake Charles; Lonnie Dean of Montgomery, and many people from
Winnfield and other parts of Winn Parish.