by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: MONDAY, January 18, 1993 TAG: 9301180207 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A4 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: RICH CREEK LENGTH: Short
OBIT FERGUSON, WILLIAM ARTHUR, ("BILL")
FERGUSON, William Arthur, ("Bill"), 88 of Rich Creek, Va., died Sunday morning, January 17, 1993, in the Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg, Virginia. A lifelong resident of Giles County, he was born in February 14, 1904, and was the son of the late William Elbert and Lora Jane Ganoe Ferguson. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Rich Creek and was a retired small engine repair specialist. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Maude Allen Ferguson, a sister, Minnie Ferguson and four brothers, Oscar W. (Sandy) Ferguson, Pfc. Arnold G. Ferguson, who was killed in World War II, Clarence Ferguson and Charlie P. Ferguson. Surviving are his wife, Madge Jones Ferguson; one son, Richard D. Ferguson, Zanesville, Ohio; a stepson, Russell Jones, Gap Mills, W.Va.; five daughters, Hazel Overstreet, Chesapeake, Va., Louise Jones, Galion, Ohio, Helen Quesenberry and Jean Farmer, both of Blacksburg, Va., Teddy Black, Naples, Florida; one stepdaughter, Shelvie Jones Snow, Ft. Washington, Md.; one brother, Harry L. Ferguson, Rich Creek, Va.; six sisters, Martha Hobbs, Lora Mullins, Myrtle Havens, all of Narrows, Va., Vivian Griggs, Peterstown, W.Va., Mary Nichols, Washington, D. C.; 17 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 11 at the First Baptist Church in Rich Creek, Va. with the Rev. Allen Wilder officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunrise Memorial Gardens in Rich Creek, Va. The family will meet their friends at Riffe's Funeral Service in Narrows, Monday evening from 5 until 7.