Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ferguson, Lila N. Drake, 1968 

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MRS. LILA FERGUSON 

  NEWSOMS - Mrs. Lila Drake Ferguson, 81, died in her home Tuesday afternoon. 

  A lifelong resident of Newsoms community, she was the widow of Percy G. 
Ferguson and a daughter of Walter Franklin and Mrs. Elmer Gray Britt [sic*]. 

  She was a member of Barnes Methodist Church. 

  Surviving are a brother, Leroy R. Drake of Chesapeake, and two sisters, Mrs. 
Ronnie Drake of Newsoms and Mrs. Alice Story of Murfreesboro, N.C. 

  A funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral 
Home.  Burial will be in Newsoms Cemetery. 

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LILA N. DRAKE FERGUSON 

   NEWSOMS - A funeral service for Mrs. Lila Drake Ferguson was conducted 
Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. 
Robert D. Fridley of High Street Methodist Church.  Burial was in Newsoms 
cemetery. 

   Pallbearers were J.T. Story Jr., Fred Worrell, W.T. O'Berry Jr., George 
Cook, Julian Carter, Marvin Cook, C.C. Thorpe Jr., and Calvin Vick. 

   Mrs. Ferguson, 81, died in her home Tuesday afternoon. 

   A lifelong resident of Newsoms community, she was the widow of Percy G. 
Ferguson and a daughter of Walter Franklin and Mrs. Elmer Gray Britt [sic*]. 

   She was a member of the Barnes Methodist Church. 

   Surviving are a brother, Leroy R. Drake of Chesapeake and two sisters, 
Mrs. Romie Drake of Newsoms and Mrs. Alice Story of Murfreesboro, N.C. 


Lila Nettie (DRAKE; Mrs. Percy Garnett) FERGUSON, 
b. 31 Dec 1886, Southampton Co., d. 9 Apr 1968, at home, Newsoms, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 11 Apr 1968, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 87, Wed., Apr. 10, 1968, p. 14; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 15, 1968, p. 7 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ray Gurganus - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #35082891. 

Lila's D.Cert. (68-013386) shows the same error as the text.  The informant 
   was Mrs. George WHITLEY - almost certainly Mildred Elizabeth (DRAKE; Mrs. 
   George Raymond) WHITLEY (1918 - 1986), daughter of Lila's brother "Little 
   Jim" James Franklin DRAKE. 

Rather, her parents were Walter Franklin & Lula Ema/Elma/Elmer (GRAY) DRAKE. 
   They m. 16 Feb 1886.  (Southampton Co. MB5:548) 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 28, 1938) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620l3ob.txt 

Percy's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 23, 1949, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f622p2ob.txt 


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