Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ferguson, M. Elizabeth Worrell, 1967 

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MARY ELIZABETH WORRELL FERGUSON 

   BOYKINS - A funeral service for Mrs. Elizabeth Worrell Ferguson was 
conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in Boykins Baptist Church by the Rev. Ben B. 
Ussery.  Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery with McDowell Funeral Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were James Carter, Frank E. Lee, Wilmer Lee, John Drewry, 
Benjamin Porter, Bobby Poland, Leroy Griffin and Walter Bishop.

   Mrs. Ferguson, 61, died in her home early Tuesday after a short illness.

   A native of Southampton County, she was the widow of Joseph B. Ferguson and 
a daughter of Mrs. Mary Ricks Worrell and the late Emmett F. Worrell.

   She was a member of Boykins Baptist Church.

   Besides her mother, surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Raymond D. Bryant 
and Mrs. Ashby B. Gray of Newsoms, Mrs. James Porter and Mrs. Steve Gyoker of 
Boykins, and Mrs. James W. Sawyer of Branchville; two sons, Woodrow W. 
Ferguson of Franklin and James T. Ferguson of Boykins; a brothers, Howard 
Worrell of Boykins; a sister, Mrs. C.L. Hardison of Sneads Ferry, N.C.; 19 
grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.


Mary Elizabeth (WORRELL; Mrs. Joseph B.) FERGUSON, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 12 Dec 1967, at home, age 61, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 123*), Boykins, 14 Dec 1967, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 18, 1967, p. 9 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," July 20, 1967, p. 10) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f622j2ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-76): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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