Freestone County, Texas
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Mexia Daily News newspaper - August 30, 2006 edition

Phil Ferguson

Funeral services for Phil Ray Ferguson, 63, of Mexia, will be held Thursday 
morning (August 31, 2006) at 10 o’clock in Porter Funeral Home Chapel in Mexia. 
Burial will be in LaSalle Cemetery.

Family visitation is scheduled for this evening from 6 until 8 o’clock in the 
funeral home.

Mr. Ferguson, a retired employee of Mexia State School, was born October 10, 
1942, in Freestone County, and died Tuesday, August 29, 2006, at his residence, 
following a sudden illness.

He was preceded in death by a son, John Ferguson; his parents, Everett and Lola 
Ferguson, and by two brothers, Edward (Hick) Ferguson and Jimmy Ferguson.

Phil attended school at Fairoaks and joined the Army when he was 17 years old. 
He served for 12 years in the Armed Services. Mr. Ferguson worked for the Mexia 
Fire Department and was also employed with the State of Texas.

Surviving are his wife, Joan Ferguson of Mexia; a daughter, Laura Lee Ferguson 
of Shreveport, Louisiana; a son and daughter-in-law, Douglas Ray and Dustin 
Ferguson of Converse, Louisiana; a stepson, Gerald Reagan of Groesbeck; three 
grandchildren, Dawson Ferguson and Draydin Ferguson of Converse, Louisiana, and 
Jehnna Alexander of Stonewall, Louisiana; two step-grandchildren, David Joseph 
Reagan and Rebecca Lea Reagan of Groesbeck; three sisters, Chelsia Taylor and 
Lola M. Ferguson, both of Mexia, and Pat Buyher of Kilgore; two brothers and 
sisters-in-law, Buddy and Aggie Ferguson of Mexia, and Cleve and Virginia 
Ferguson of Groesbeck; a sister-in-law, Beverly Ferguson of Personville; 
numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces and 
great-great-nephews.