Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ferguson, Robert F., 1965 

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ROBERT FRANKLIN FERGUSON

NEWSOMS - Robert Franklin Ferguson, 62, a retired farmer, died early Saturday 
morning in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

He was the husband of Mrs. Virginia Fuller Ferguson and the son of Richard and 
Mrs. Alice Kitchen Ferguson.

Mr. Ferguson was a lifelong resident of the Newsoms community. He was a member 
of Newsoms Baptist Church.

Surviving him besides his widow are three daughters, Mrs. Annie Maude Vick of 
Newsoms, Mrs. Mary Pope of Emporia and Mrs. Barbara Thorpe of Germany, four 
sons, Algie R. Ferguson of Woodstock, Va., Gilbert W. Ferguson of Emporia, 
Joseph and Patrick Ferguson of Newsoms.

Seven sisters, Mrs. Elsie Ferguson and Mrs. Lula Moore of Portsmouth, Mrs. 
Ronie Holland and Mrs. Pauline Holland of Holland, Miss Ethel Ferguson of 
Williamsburg, Mrs. Louise Fuller of Courtland and Mrs. Geneva Thorpe of 
Newsoms, two brothers, Hugh Ferguson of Newsoms and Tizel Ferguson of 
Littleton, Va. and sixteen grandchildren.

A funeral service was conducted on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and 
Sons Funeral Home by Rev. Ben B. Ussery.

Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins.

Pallbearers were Fred Worrell, Earl Worrell, Carl Thorpe, J.C. Blowe, Earl 
Cyrus and Marvin Cook.


[Robert Franklin FERGUSON, lifelong resident of the Newsoms, retired farmer, 
 d. 10 Jul 1965, Franklin, age 62, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 11 Jul 1965, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 12, 1965] 

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