The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, July 3, 1996               TAG: 9607030438
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PLEASANT HALL                     LENGTH:   17 lines

LILLIE B. FERGUSON

Lillie Birdsong Ferguson, 86, of Route 1, died July 2, 1996.

Mrs. Ferguson was a faithful member of Bethel Baptist Church and the daughter of the late Samuel and Julia Cook Birdsong.

Survivors include her husband, Maurice E. Ferguson, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at Bethel Baptist Church at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Ricky Barnes and the Rev. Franklin Stansbury. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Jackson Funeral Home, Jackson, N.C., today from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB