Eugene Vernon Ferguson

1927 - 2017  (90 years)

• Name	Eugene Vernon Ferguson  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	24 Jan 1927	Wright City, McCurtain County, Oklahoma   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Mar 2017	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Buried	Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Notes	Eugene "Gene" Ferguson, age 90, longtime resident of the Rosevine Community, passed from this life in the hours of Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in San Augustine, Texas. Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 4, 2017, in the Rosevine United Pentecostal Church in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas, with Bro. Glenn Morton, Bro. Gordon Simmons, and Bro. Steve Ferguson officiating. Burial will follow in the Rosevine Cemetery in Rosevine. Visitation will be Friday evening, March 3, 2017, from the hours of 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, 316 West Columbia Street, San Augustine, Texas 7592. Gene was born to Reta (Ashby) Ferguson and James Calvin Ferguson on January 24, 1927, in Wright City, Oklahoma. He served in the United States Army during WWII. He was a member of the Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post #9313 in San Augustine, was retired from BTJ Pipeline Local Union 798, having traveled all across the United States working, and attended the Rosevine United Pentecostal Church. Those who are left to cherish her memory include, His beloved wife, Myra Ferguson of Rosevine; children, Steve Ferguson and his wife, Tonah of Avinger; Larry Ferguson and his wife, Christina of Rosevine; Vicky Sublett and her husband, Phil of San Augustine; Helen Currie and her husband, Kirk of Spring; Rusty Ferguson and his wife, Julie of Orange; Patti Walker and her husband, Derek of Pineland and Randy Ferguson and his wife, Tami of Joaquin, and Daughter-in-law, Tina Ferguson-Adair; His beloved Sisters, Margaret Oliver of Rosevine; Adell Burch of Rosevine; Geraldine Weatherford of Rosevine; Edna Cook of Silsbee; Irene Oliver of Pollock and Myrtle Boyd of San Antonio. He is preceded in death by his beloved son, Keith Dwayne Ferguson; his parents, Reta and James Ferguson (Copied from his FindAGrave memorial page, also published in the Sabine County Reporter, March 8, 2017, page 8)
  Person ID	I33941	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	James Calvin Ferguson,   b. 23 Jan 1888, Waller County, Texas ,   d. 24 Sep 1989  (Age 101 years)
  Mother	Reta Ashby,   b. 8 Nov 1899, Benton County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Nov 1991  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F12801	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Myra Mae "Miriam" Foley,   b. 4 Oct 1932, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 15 Mar 2018, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 85 years)
  Married	Bef 1950  [4]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living   6. Living   7. Keith Dewayne Ferguson,   b. 22 Dec 1965, Texas ,   d. 13 Jul 1995, Houston, Harris County, Texas  (Age 29 years)   8. Living
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F10770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 1 Mar 2017 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Buried - - Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 176879788 (Reliability: 3). [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), March 8, 2017, page 8) (Reliability: 3). [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, Sabine County, JP #6 SD 42-2 ED 202-9 Sheet 8B Rosevine & Milam Road 165 (Reliability: 3). [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), March 8, 2017, page 8 and March 21, 2018, Page 5 (Reliability: 3).