Eugene Vernon Ferguson

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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)

Eugene married Myra Mae "Miriam" Foley before 1950. Myra was born on 4 Oct 1932 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Mar 2018 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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7. Keith Dewayne Ferguson was born on 22 Dec 1965 in Texas; died on 13 Jul 1995 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried on 16 Jul 1995 in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas.
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Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP #6
SD 42-2 ED 202-9 Sheet 8B
Rosevine & Milam Road
165
(Residence in 1935 for this entire family was Rural Angelina County, Texas)
Ferguson, James C Head M W 52 M No 5th Tx Farmer
Ferguson, Reta O Wf F W 41 M No 1rst Tennessee Housewife At Home
Ferguson, Magruite Dtr F W 17 S No 1rst Okla Housework
Ferguson, Albert Son M W 15 S Okla Yes 5th Student at school
Ferguson, Eugene Son M W 13 S Yes 5th Okla
Ferguson, Geraldine Dtr F W 11 S Yes 4rth Tx
Ferguson, Francis Dtr F W 9 S Yes 3rd Texas
Ferguson, Edna Earl DStr F W@ 6 S Yes 1 Tx
Ferguson, Myrtle Dtr F W 4 S Tx
Ferguson, Bruce Son M W 1 S Tx

James married Reta Ashby. Reta was born on 8 Nov 1899 in Benton County, Tennessee; died on 15 Nov 1991; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]