Violet Adell Ferguson

1921 - 2019  (97 years)

• Name	Violet Adell Ferguson  [1, 2]
  Born	18 Apr 1921	Oklahoma   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Apr 2019	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	Funeral Services for Violet Adell (Ferguson) Rhodes-Burch, a longtime resident of the Rosevine Community, age 97, (just short 2 days of 98th Birthday), will be held at 1 p.m Friday, April 19, 2019, in the Rosevine United Pentecostal Church, with Bro. Gordon Simmons officiating. Visitation will be from the hours of 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel, 316 West Columbia Street, San Augustine, Texas. Adell was born to the late Rita Faustine (Ashby) Ferguson and James Calvin Ferguson on April 18, 1921, in Oklahoma, and passed from this life Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Hemphill. She was an inspirational, loving, always smiling, caring, and praying lady. In her almost 98 years of life, she had to endure such heartache and tragedies that no one should have to, but with the grace of God, her love for him, God sustained her through it all. She dearly loved her family so very much. Each child, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren knew she loved them, and that love was extended to her daughter-in-loves and sons-in-law. To her beloved siblings, the unique closeness of love she had to her sisters, and brothers clearly showed. When the Ferguson family reunion came around every year, they would and still gather and sing, playing the guitars, keyboards, etc.. and she dearly looked forward to it every year. "There was a lot of love in this dear lady," and it showed. and now she is seeing Jesus and his hands, the hands who held her through it all. She was a faithful and longtime member of the Rosevine United Pentecostal Church in Rosevine, a church that was dear to her heart. Those to whom will cherish her memory include, her beloved son, James Rhodes and his wife, Jackie of Vidor; her loving daughter, Linda Kay Loggins and her husband, Leon of Rosevine (Rebecca Community); her beloved sons, Dennis Wayne Burch of Rosevine and Gilbert Dale Burch and his wife, Beverly of Pineland and her loving daughter, Beverly Sue Barlow of Rosevine; her kind and loving sisters, Margaret Oliver of San Augustine; Geraldine Goynes of Rosevine; Edna Cook of Silsbee; Myrtle Boyd of San Antonio and beloved brother, Bruce Ferguson of Rosevine, her loving daughters-in-law, Linda Nell Rhodes of San Augustine; Pat Rhodes of Etoile and Glenda Richard of Rockport, along with her beloved 27 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives, and friends, and her beloved church family. She is preceded in death by her 1st husband, Hershel "Buster" Rhodes, her 2nd husband, Loy "Skeet" Burch; her beloved parents, Reta and James Calvin Ferguson; her beloved sons, Hershel Rhodes, Sr., Paul Albert Rhodes, Tommy Rhodes, Charles Timothy Rhodes, and Kenneth Earl Rhodes; beloved grandsons, Clint Rhodes and Chris Setters, her loving siblings, Velma King, Irene Oliver, Frances Sarver, Eugene "Gene" Ferguson and Albert Ferguson. Serving as pallbearers will include, Hershel Rhodes, Jr., Chris Rhodes, Cash Barlow, Caden Miller, Kent Loggins, Ethan Loggins, Blane Rhodes, Mike Rhode, Cody Rhodes and Gary Rhodes. Copied from Wyman Roberts Funeral Home website Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, April 24, 2018, Page 8
  Person ID	I43788	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2022

  
  

  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 1	Buster Hershel Rhodes,   b. 29 Jan 1918, Texas ,   d. 8 Apr 1950  (Age 32 years)
  Married	Bef 1944  [2]
  Children	1. Hershel Ray Rhodes, Sr.,   b. 27 Feb 1939, Hardin County, Texas ,   d. 23 Nov 1998, Iowa  (Age 59 years)   2. James Stephens Rhodes,   b. 31 Oct 1940, Hardin County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Living   4. Paul Albert Rhodes,   b. 21 Nov 1944, Kountze, Hardin County, Texas ,   d. 21 Sep 2013, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas  (Age 68 years)   5. Tommy Gene Rhodes,   b. 28 Sep 1946, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 6 Feb 1971, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas  (Age 24 years)   6. Charles Timothy "Tim" Rhodes,   b. 10 Nov 1948, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 9 Jul 2005, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 56 years)   7. Kenneth Earl Rhodes,   b. 15 Oct 1950, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 7 Jun 2016, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2019
  Family ID	F13024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Loy "Skeet" Burch,   b. 10 Mar 1924, San Augustine County, Texas ,   d. May 1981, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 57 years)
  Married	Bef 1958  [2]
  Children	1. Dennis Wayne Burch,   b. 26 Sep 1958, San Augustine County, Texas ,   d. 13 Apr 2021, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 62 years)   2. Living   3. Living
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2019
  Family ID	F13023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Apr 1921 - Oklahoma Died - 16 Apr 2019 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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.), ensus Place: , Hardin, Texas; Roll: T627_4051; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 100-1. (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.), April 24, 2018, Page 8 (Reliability: 3).