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Percy Ferguson

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Percy Ferguson

Birth
Washington County, Mississippi, USA
Death
28 Jun 1956 (aged 78–79)
D'Iberville, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Percy Ferguson:
Born; Washington County, Mississippi, 1877
Died @ 87 Years Thursday June 28, 1956 @ 7:? @ home in Diberville Mississippi,
Preceded in death by, Brigadier General (CSA) Samuel Wragg Ferguson and Catherine Lee Ferguson, and brother James DuGue Ferguson.
The Funeral of Miss. Percy Ferguson was held Thursday from Bradford Funeral Home, Biloxi. Services were by the Rev. Geo. Stephenson, Episcopal pastor, Gulfport. Burial was in Beauvoir Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Dewey Lawrence Tom Wallace, W.A. Blackledge, Tom Wallace, Howard McDonald, John Atkinson and Roy Dedeaux.
The Daily Herald 7/6/1956.
Percy played Piano, wrote Poetry. She is buried at Beauvior Confederate Cemetery, in a unmarked grave just North of her Brother James and her Mother Kate. I told the librarian/historian at Beauvior about her grave. But she seemed to not want to know about it, as though she shouldn't be in there.

Brother: James DuGue Ferguson.
Percy Ferguson:
Born; Washington County, Mississippi, 1877
Died @ 87 Years Thursday June 28, 1956 @ 7:? @ home in Diberville Mississippi,
Preceded in death by, Brigadier General (CSA) Samuel Wragg Ferguson and Catherine Lee Ferguson, and brother James DuGue Ferguson.
The Funeral of Miss. Percy Ferguson was held Thursday from Bradford Funeral Home, Biloxi. Services were by the Rev. Geo. Stephenson, Episcopal pastor, Gulfport. Burial was in Beauvoir Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Dewey Lawrence Tom Wallace, W.A. Blackledge, Tom Wallace, Howard McDonald, John Atkinson and Roy Dedeaux.
The Daily Herald 7/6/1956.
Percy played Piano, wrote Poetry. She is buried at Beauvior Confederate Cemetery, in a unmarked grave just North of her Brother James and her Mother Kate. I told the librarian/historian at Beauvior about her grave. But she seemed to not want to know about it, as though she shouldn't be in there.

Brother: James DuGue Ferguson.

Inscription

This William Aiken Walker portrait of "Miss Percy Ferguson, Greenville, Mississippi" is illustrated in The Sunny South: The Life and Art of William Aiken Walker. It was $19,550.



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  • Maintained by: Gary Durbin
  • Originally Created by: Dan
  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42435709/percy-ferguson: accessed ), memorial page for Percy Ferguson (1877–28 Jun 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42435709, citing Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery, Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Gary Durbin (contributor 47316255).