Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ferguson, Richard H., 1962 

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RICHARD HOWARD FERGUSON

   FRANKLIN - Richard Howard Ferguson, 64, died Saturday afternoon in Raiford 
Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the son of Richard* and Mrs. Alice 
Kitchen Ferguson.  He was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Harris Ferguson, three daughters, 
Misses Carolyn, Frances and Cynthia Ferguson of Franklin; one son, Robert 
Henry Ferguson of Tampa, Fla.; three brothers, Tazwell Ferguson of Littleton 
and Hugh and Robert Ferguson of Newsoms; six sisters, Mrs. Lee Moore and Mrs. 
Floyd Ferguson of Portsmouth, Mrs. Louise Fuller of Courtland, Mrs. Ronnie 
Holland and Mrs. Gus Holland of Holland and Mrs. Geneva Thorpe of Newsoms; and 
a granddaughter.

   Funeral services were conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel of W.J.M. 
Holland and Sons Funeral Home by Rev. Ira D. Hudgins pastor of Franklin 
Baptist Church.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Robert Butler, Emmett Bedford, Marvin Porter, Elmo 
Eason, W.C. Woodard, Norris Bly and John I. Underwood.

*I've seen his father as Richard and Richmond. (bs) 

Richard Howard FERGUSON, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 31 Mar 1962, Franklin, age 64, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 1B*), Franklin, 
   2 Apr 1962, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 5, 1962, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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