Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ferguson, James M., 1961 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JAMES MONQUIER FERGUSON NEWSOMS - James Monquier Ferguson, 50 years of age died early Wednesday morning in a local hospital. He was the son of the late Richmond and Mrs. Alice Kitchen Ferguson of Southampton County. Mr. Ferguson was a lifelong resident of the Newsoms community and a member of the Newsoms Baptist Church. He is survived by seven sisters; Mrs. James Fuller of Courtland; Mrs. C.C. Thorpe of Newsoms; Miss Ethel Mae Ferguson, of Williamsburg; Mrs. L.K. Moore and Mrs. F.N. Ferguson, both of Portsmouth, Mrs. Gus Holland and Mrs. Kelly Holland, both of Holland; four brothers; Hugh Ferguson and Robert F. Ferguson, both of Newsoms; Howard Ferguson, of Franklin, and Tizel Ferguson, of Littleton. A funeral service was held today (Thursday) at 2:30 p.m. in the Chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. E. Mallary Binns, pastor of the Newsoms Baptist Church. Burial was in the Newsoms Cemetery. James Monquier FERGUSON, Southampton Co. native, d. 1 Feb 1961, age 50, interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 2 Feb 1961, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 2, 1961, Sect. 2, p. 2 *His parents are also buried there. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-33&34): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt His father's obit ("Tidewater News," June 27, 1947, p. 4) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f622r4ob.txt His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 8, 1947, p. 9) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f622a1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f622j3ob.txt