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DATE: SUNDAY, February 13, 1994                   TAG: 9402140289
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: GLASGOW                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT FERGUSON, KENNETH MACK

FERGUSON, Kenneth Mack, 77, of Glasgow, died Friday, February 11, 1994 in the Shenandoah Valley Health Care Center, Buena Vista, Va. Mr. Ferguson was born December 13, 1916 in Rockbridge County, a son of the late Samuel Zachariah Ferguson and Ruth Austin Ferguson. He was a member of the Faling Spring Presbyterian Church, the Short Hill Hunt Club, a life member of the Glasgow Moose Lodge, and a veteran of WWII, serving in Tunisian, Sicilian, Normandy, Northern France and Central Europe. Mr. Ferguson retired from Burlington Industries after working 37 years and then owned and operated Ferguson grocery, where he was well known for buying furs and ginseng. He was preceded in death by a brother, Marvin E. Ferguson and a son, Stanley Mack Ferguson. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Reid Ferguson; one son, Kenneth Z. Ferguson, Natural Bridge; two daughters, Mrs. Brenda F. Shirley, and Mrs. Loretta F. Huffman, both of Glasgow; four sisters, Gloria F. (Dot) Trent, Glasgow, Shirley F. Camden and Dora Jane Gilbert, both of Buena Vista, Caroline F. Camper, Roanoke; six brothers, Releford Ferguson, Glasgow, Samuel Ferguson, Natural Bridge, Erskine Ferguson, Buena Vista, Melvin Ferguson, Lexington, Franklin Ferguson, and Boyce Ferguson, both of Buena Vista; and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 15, 1994, at the Harrison Funeral Chapel with the Rev. H. Middleton Raynal and the Rev. William K. Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in the Rockbridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Harrison Funeral Home, Lexington.



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