Hertford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Ferguson, Finton Blount 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net August 13, 2018, 8:13 pm VIRGINIAN PILOT - 12-31-2006 FINTON BLOUNT FERGUSON MURFREESBORO - Finton Blount Ferguson, 88, passed away Dec. 29, 2006, at Roanoke Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie. He was a lifelong resident of Murfreesboro and a farmer of 65 years. son of the late Walter Cobb Ferguson and Willie Ferguson Ferguson, he was a steadfast steward of his Murfreesboro family farming tradition. He was a loyal supporter of the Murfreesboro United Methodist Church who lent his hands-on talents to practical needs about the church. Survivors are his wife of 67 years, Doris Mewborn Ferguson; and his daughters, Huldah F. Anderson of Richmond, Va., Nancy F. Leslie of Lexington, Va., Virginia F. Pulley of Yorktown, Va., and Emma Josie Ferguson of Santa Clara, Calif. Five grandchildren service his, Claude Venice Jones III of Wilmington, N.C. Fenton Blount Ferguson Jones of Holly springs, N.C., Giles Carter Anderson of New York City, Virginia Sharon Pulley of Owings Mills, Md., and Nancy Ruth Pulley of Yorktown, Va. A sister, Linda F. McLam of Whiteville, N.C., also survives him. Sisters, Virginia F. Kernodle, Bessie F. Hill and Frances F. Beaver preceded him in death as did brothers William Cobb Ferguson and Joseph Earl Ferguson. The family will receive friends at Garrett Funeral Home in Ahoskie on Monday between 7 and 8:30 p.m. A funeral will be held at the Murfreesboro United Church on Tuesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Arthur Warren officiating. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Murfreesboro United Methodist Church, 313 E. High St., Murfreesboro, N.C. 27855; the Murfreesboro Rescue Squad, 121 Sycamore St., Murfreesboro, N.C.; or to the Como Volunteer Fire and Rescue, P.O. Box 117, Como, N.C. 27818. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/hertford/obits/f/ferguson3738gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb