Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ferguson, Roy H. Sr., 1978 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ROY HERMAN FERGUSON Roy Herman Ferguson, Sr. age 80 of Newsoms died Thursday [sic; Tuesday], in Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin. A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. N. Vergie Bailey Ferguson. He was a retired farmer and member of the Newsoms Baptist Church. Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Jo Anne Jones of Chester; three sons, R.H. Ferguson, Jr,. Billy Ferguson, and Fred E. Ferguson all of Newsoms; a sister, Eula Griffin of Suffolk, eight grandchildren; one great-granddaughter. A funeral service will be held Thursday, at 11 A.M. in the McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins. Burial will be in the Newsoms Cemetery. Roy Herman FERGUSON, Sr., of Newsoms, retired farmer, Southampton Co. native, d. 14 Feb 1978, Franklin, age 80, interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 25 Jun 1947, "The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Thurs., Feb. 16, 1978 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-34): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt His father's obits ("Tidewater News," July 29 & Aug. 5, 1932) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f622e1ob.txt His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 19, 1934) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f622j1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f622r5ob.txt