pearl (smitherman) ferguson
Mrs. Pearl Smitherman Ferguson,
90, died Friday in a Selma hospital after a short illness. Funeral
service will be at 3 p.m. today at Calvery Baptist Church near Marion
with Rev. W.N. Edwards and Rev. Ed Cruce officiating. Burial will be in
churchyard cemetery with Lawrence Funeral Home directing.
Survivors include eight daughters, Mrs. Ethel Blackburn, Mrs. H.W. Cochran, Mrs. W.C. Pharr, Mrs. H.C. Marten, Mrs. Alex Mulder, all of Selma, Mrs. A.D. Ladner and Miss Gracie Ferguson, both of Mobile, Mrs. H.A. Northcutt, Tallahassee, Fla.; one son, George Ferguson, Selma; 12 grandchildren; 24 great- grandchildren and five great- great-grandchildren.
Active pallbearers will be Willie Frank Deason, Clarence Smitherman, Lamar Cooper, Wayne Richardson, Kenny Battles, and Merrette Etheridge.
Survivors include eight daughters, Mrs. Ethel Blackburn, Mrs. H.W. Cochran, Mrs. W.C. Pharr, Mrs. H.C. Marten, Mrs. Alex Mulder, all of Selma, Mrs. A.D. Ladner and Miss Gracie Ferguson, both of Mobile, Mrs. H.A. Northcutt, Tallahassee, Fla.; one son, George Ferguson, Selma; 12 grandchildren; 24 great- grandchildren and five great- great-grandchildren.
Active pallbearers will be Willie Frank Deason, Clarence Smitherman, Lamar Cooper, Wayne Richardson, Kenny Battles, and Merrette Etheridge.