Living

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Funeral services for Dillon Ferguson, 80, of Evadale, will be 10:00 am Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Calvary Apostolic Church in Evadale with interment following in Harper Chapel Cemetery in Hemphill. Visitation will begin at 5:00 pm Tuesday at Farmer Funeral Home. Mr. Ferguson was born November 21, 1932 in Hemphill and went home to be with his Savior March 9, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Dillon worked for Temple Inland in Pineland and went to work for Temple Inland in Evadale in 1962. He retired in December, 1995. Mr. Ferguson was a faithful member of Calvary Apostolic Church in Evadale. He was a US Army veteran, serving in Europe from October 1954 until October 1957. Mr. Ferguson is preceded in death by his father William 'Bill' Augusta Ferguson, mother Ollie Burleson Ferguson and brother Deas Ferguson. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Betty Inez Jones Ferguson; daughter Betty Jane Immel and husband Jimmie of Silsbee; son Dillon Ray Ferguson and wife Pam of Evadale and daughter Debbie Hall of Evadale. He is also survived by brother Nolan Ferguson and wife Frances of Hemphill; sister Carolyn Nemec and husband Leonard of Houston and sister-in-law Maxine Ferguson of Beaumont; eleven grandchildren, twenty five great grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews, whom he loved.


Published in The Beaumont Enterprise on March 12, 2013, copied from that website
Also printed in The Sabine County Reporter, March 13, 2013, Page 12

Dillon married Betty Inez Jones on 7 Aug 1954. Betty was born on 23 Jun 1936 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 17 Dec 2020 in Evadale, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sabine County Reporter
August 4, 2004

Golden Anniversary

Dillon and Inez Ferguson of Evadale will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2004, at 2 p.m. at the Evadale Calvary Apostolic Church Fellowship Hall. Dillon retired from the Temple-Inland Papermill in Evadale and Inez is a wonderful homemaker. Dillon is the son of W. A. (Bill) and Ollie Ferguson of Sabinetown. The celebration is hosted by their three children and their families, Dillon Ray and Pam Ferguson, Betty Jane and Jimmie Immel, and Debbie Hall. Friends and loved ones are welcome to join the celebration of 50 wonderul years. The couple requests no gifts.

Obituary

Mrs. Betty Inez Ferguson, age 84, of Evadale, Texas, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020, in Silsbee, Texas.

Known by family and friends as "Inez," she was born June 23, 1936, in Sabine County, Texas, to parents Franklin Frederick Jones Sr. and Maudie Whitmire Jones. Mrs. Ferguson grew up and spent her early years in the Bronson, Texas, area and had lived in Evadale since 1963. She was a homemaker and spent her life dedicated to taking care of the needs of her entire family. Inez had a great love of cooking and making everyone had enough--"You never left her house hungry." Mrs. Ferguson was also a very dedicated member of Calvary Apostolic Church in Evadale, supporting in every way possible and faithful in attendance as long as her health allowed.

Her survivors include her children, Betty Jane Immel and husband Jimmie of Silsbee, Texas, Dillon Ray Ferguson and wife Pam of Evadale, Texas, and Debbie Goins and husband Ricky of Hemphill, Texas; her sisters, Lorene Chance of Diboll, Texas,and Mary McGraw and husband Shelton of Evadale, Texas; a brother, Franklin Frederick Jones Jr. of Lufkin, Texas; a brother-in-law, Nolan Ferguson of Hemphill, Texas; grandchildren, Jimmie Immel Jr., Gidget Bertrand, Greg Hobbs, Jodie Immel, Angie Hunsinker, Sue Ann Ferguson, Jared Ferguson, Miranda Ferguson, Kimberly Goins, and Chelesa Freeze; and a host of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dillon Ferguson; her parents, Franklin and Maudie Jones; a granddaughter, Jennifer Goins Brown; and her sister, Georgia Ann DuBose and husband Harvey.

Visitation will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 21, 2020, at Farmer Funeral Home Chapel, located at 415 North Fourth Street in Silsbee, Texas.

Funeral services are planned for 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 21, 2020, at Farmer Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Chris Moody officiating. Interment will follow with a 2:30 p.m. graveside service at Harpers Chapel Cemetery, located off FM 83 East near Hemphill, Texas.

Pallbearers: Greg Hobbs, Curt Spell, Jeff Bertrand, Nick Casper, Nate Casper, and Terry Sherman.

Visit www.farmerfhsilsbee.com for memories and condolences.

Services are under the direction of Farmer Funeral Home, located at 415 North Fourth Street in Silsbee, Texas.

Downloaded from Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee website, Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, December 30, 2020, Page 4

William married Ollie Ethel Burleson on 6 Dec 1930 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Ollie was born on 26 Apr 1908 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 7 Nov 1992; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bob Miller shows that she was the daugher of Benjamin F. Burleson and Dora Butler. Virgie Speights lists her sisters and their families as Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Browing, and son Raymond of Florien, LA; Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Stewart and daughter Joan of Blanchard, Louisiana; and Mr. and Mrs. O. Bryant of Blanchard, Louisiana. (Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas, pages 93, 94).

Robert married Frances Jane Gomer. Frances (daughter of Augustus C. Gomer and Margaret Ann Low) was born on 24 Dec 1863 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Jan 1944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]