Ferguson, Joseph Wesley (Joe)

Passed: 1955-12-03

Age: 73

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1955-12-09

Information: DEATH CLAIMS JOE FERGUSON -PROMINENT ROCKCASTLE MAN TAKEN BY DEATH AT HIS HOME ON SATURDAY - Joseph Wesley (Joe) Ferguson, 73-year old widely known farmer of Rockcastle, died at his home there on Saturday after a brief illness.  His death came as a shock to his hundreds of friends in all parts of the county.  The funeral service was held on Monday afternoon at the Mt. Olive church, near ? the Rev. Guy Harmon officiating and burial with the Parsons undertakers in charge was in the church cemetery.  Mr. Ferguson was a son of the late Charles and Ella Sayre Ferguson and had spent his entire life in the Rockcastle section of the county.  Surviving are his wife, Corda; a son, Russell at Rockcastle; a daughter, Mrs. Gatha Sargent of Given; a half-brother, Cecil Tribble of Nitro; three sisters, Mrs. N. Cottrell of Hometown, Mrs.......