DATE: Monday, August 25, 1997               TAG: 9708250030

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DENNIS P. FERGUSON

Dennis Patrick Ferguson, 24, died Aug. 22, 1997, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Dennis was born Aug. 14, 1973, in Ohio and attended Flushing Grade School before moving to Richmond with his mother, stepfather and brothers. In 1988, the family moved to Virginia Beach where he continued his education at Kempsville High School. He was a roofer for the last five years and was employed with C.W. Petty Contractors Inc. of Chesapeake for the last 1 1/2 years. He was preceded in death by his stepfather, Michael A. John.

Surviving are his mother, Donna Thatcher John; brothers, Ronald Ferguson and Mik Trokel of Virginia Beach; his father, Paul S. Ferguson of Florence, S.C.; three half-brothers, Larry Ferguson of Cadiz, Ohio, Kenny Ferguson of Athens, Ohio, and Sam Ferguson of St. Clairsville, Ohio; his maternal grandmother, Minnie Thatcher of St. Clairsville; many aunts, uncles and cousins in the Ohio Valley; also surviving are his fiancee, Jennifer Hogan, and her daughter, Chelsea, and his special friends, Rich Grubb and Joe Weiss.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. today in the Altmeyer Funeral Home by the Rev. Fred McCafkill-Baker and Chaplain Jim Ross. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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