Southampton County-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Edwards, Manie Ferguson, 1956 

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MANIE FERGUSON EDWARDS

   Mrs. Manie Ferguson Edwards died at her home in Petersburg on the afternoon 
of September 6 after a brief illness. She was in her 77th year of age and was 
the wife of Horace E. Edwards of that city.

   She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Victoria Ferguson of Southampton 
County and was a former member of Newsoms Baptist Church. She had been a 
resident of Petersburg 35 years and a member of Monumental Baptist Church, its 
Ladies bible Class and missionary society.

   Besides her husband, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Nina Miles of Newsoms 
and two brothers, Clarence Ferguson of Newsoms and Carlton Ferguson of Como, 
N.C., and large number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were held at the J.T. Morris and Sons Funeral Home and were 
conducted by her pastor, Rev. Cutchins, assisted by Rev. Gibson and Rev. Smith 
of Newsoms. Burial was in Blandford Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were her nephews, Samuel, Quinton, Russell and Rev. E. Rives 
Ferguson, Herman, Roy, Herman and Carl Bradshaw.


[Manie (FERGUSON; Mrs. Horace E.) EDWARDS, formerly of Southampton Co., 
 d. 6 Sep 1956, Petersburg, age 77, 
 interred in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, 12 Sep 1954, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 20, 1956] 

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