Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ferguson, Robert E. Sr., 1951 

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ROBERT EDWARD FERGUSON

ROBERT E. FERGUSON, SR.

   Robert E. Ferguson, Sr., 68, of Boykins died Friday night, July 27, in a 
Suffolk hospital after a long illness. 

   He is survived by a son, R.E. Ferguson, Jr, of Severn, N.C. and a daughter, 
Mrs. M.M. Saunders of Windsor. 

   Funeral serices were held in the Boykins Baptist Church at 3 o'clock 
Saturday afternoon, with Rev. J.C. Ray, pastor of the Severn Baptist Church. 
Mrs. H.M. Purviance, accompanied by Miss Virginia Dare Ferguson sang "When They 
Ring Those Golden Bells." 

   Interment was in Beechwood Cemetery, the pallbearers being Dr. J. M. Bland, 
J.C. Blow, Moncure Francis, Ray Futrell, Russell Joyner and J.Q. Taylor. 


[Robert Edward FERGUSON, Sr., d. 27 Jul 1951, age 68, 
 bd. Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 28 Jul 1951, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 3 Aug 1951] 

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
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