Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ferguson, Richard F., 1947 

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RICHARD F. FERGUSON

   Richard F. Ferguson, 84, a farmer of the Newsoms community, died Saturday 
afternoon after a week’s illness.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Kitchen Ferguson; seven daughters, 
Mrs. Kelly Holland and Mrs. Gus Holland of Holland, Mrs. L.K. Moore and Mrs. 
Floyd Ferguson of Portsmouth, Mrs. Floyd Ferguson of Portsmouth, Mrs. James 
Fuller of Courtland, and Mrs. C.C. Thorpe and Miss Ethel Mae Ferguson of 
Newsoms; five sons, Hugh L., Robert, and James Ferguson of Newsoms, Howard 
Ferguson of Windsor, and Tizie Ferguson of Capron; and twenty-five 
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

   Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at three o’clock at the 
graveside in Newsoms Cemetery, with the Rev. W.C. Hughes, pastor of the 
Newsoms Baptist Church, officiating.

   Active pallbearers were John Wesley Drake, Julian Carter, E. Beale Carter, 
James T. Story, Earnest Coggsdale, J.Q. Worrell, Lloyd Taylor, and Lee 
Coggsdale.


Richard F. FERGUSON, farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 23 Jun 1947, at home, Newsoms, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 25 Jun 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 27, 1947, p. 4 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 8, 1947, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f622a1ob.txt 

His sometimes appears as Richmond, rather than Richard. 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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