Hertford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Ferguson, Joseph Blount 1959 ************************************************ 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 November 29, 2020, 5:21 pm THE NEWS AND OBSERVER – 08-24-1959, P.17 (RALEIGH, N.C.) JOSEPH BLOUNT FERGUSON COMO – Joseph Blount Ferguson, 81, died here Saturday night. He was the husband of Mrs. Rosa Railey Ferguson, and a son of the late Blount Ferguson of Como and Virginia Gilliam Ferguson of Meridian, Miss. He was a lifelong resident of Hertford County and a well-known farmer of this community. He was an active member of New Hope Methodist church and for many years served as steward, and was a member of the local school Board for several years. Besides his wife he is survived by two sons Joseph B. Ferguson Jr., Great Ridge, Va., and Frank R. Ferguson of Newport News, Va.; and three grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Caromild Folk, Mrs. Mary Pierce, both of Great Falls, Va., and Mrs. Florrie Ferguson, Como. Funeral services will be in the New Hope Methodist Church on Monday at 2:30 p.m. conducted by the Rev. Homer Warren Landis, pastor. Burial will be in the family cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/hertford/obits/f/ferguson3927gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb