The following was provided by Contributor Dalton Everett Kelso (50571751):

HOT SPRINGS — Richmond Pearson Ferguson, 91, of Route 1, died Thursday in a Haywood County hospital.

A native of Haywood County, he was a son of the late Gaston Reeves and Cennie Kingsmore Ferguson. A member of Ball City Baptist Church, he was a retired farmer.

Surviving are his wife, Mae Bell Ferguson; two sons, Joe Ferguson of Clyde and Bob Ferguson of Hot Springs; seven daughters, Maggie Gunde of Accokeek, Md, Blanche Rogers of Maggie Valley, Christine Garnes of Waynesville, Lucy Hardy of Bell Air, Md., Jeannette Purdue of Zachary, La., Betty King of Monopoly, Fla. and Martha Ferguson of Hot Springs; a brother, Pete Ferguson of Clyde; and 38 grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Garrett Funeral Home, Waynesville. The Revs. G.W. Jameson and Bill Ferguson will officiate. Burial will be in the Ferguson Family Cemetery.

The family will receive friends one hour before the services at the funeral home.
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Name: Richmond Pearson Ferguson
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 18 Aug 1988
Event Place: Clyde, Haywood, North Carolina
Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
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Age: 91
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Father's Name: Gaston Ferguson
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Age: 92
Given Name: Richmond
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Birth Date: 24 Oct 1896
State: North Carolina
Last Place of Residence: Haywood, North Carolina
Previous Residence: 28786
Event: Aug 1988