Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ferguson, Alice Kitchen, 1947 

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ALICE KITCHEN FERGUSON 

   Mrs. Alice Kitchen Ferguson, well-known resident of the Newsoms community, 
died Saturday night, July 26, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L.K. Moore, 
4424 Griffin Street, Westhaven, Portsmouth, after an illness of many months. 
She was 74 years of age.

   Mrs. Ferguson was the widow of Richard F. Ferguson, who preceded her in 
death on Saturday, June 21.  She was the daughter of the late Rimmy and 
Elizabeth Kitchen of this county, and a member of the Newsoms Baptist Church.

   Surviving her are seven daughters, Mrs. Kelly Holland and Mrs. Gus R. 
Holland of Holland. Mrs. James Fuller of Courtland, Mrs. L.K. Moore and Mrs. 
Floyd Ferguson of Portsmouth, Mrs. C.C. Thorpe and Miss Ethel Mae Ferguson of 
Newsoms; five sons, Howard Ferguson of Windsor, Hugh L., Robert, and James 
Ferguson of Newsoms, and Tizel Ferguson of Capron; twenty-five grandchildren 
and one great-grandchild; and two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Bryant and Mrs. Rosa 
Barnes, both of Newsoms.

   Funeral services were conducted at the grave in the Newsoms cemetery on 
the following Monday afternoon at three o’clock by her pastor, Rev. W.C. 
Hughes, assisted by Rev. A. Handy of Portsmouth.


Alice (KITCHEN; Mrs. Richard F.) FERGUSON, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 26 Jul 1947, at daughter's home, Portsmouth, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 28 Jul 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 8, 1947, p. 9 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-34): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," June 27, 1947, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f622r4ob.txt 


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