Texas A&M Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Sammy Ferguson
Sammy Joe Ferguson was born in the small East Texas town of Bivins on October 2, 1932. On January 20, 2015, Sam?s heavenly Father took him home for eternity. Sam was born to parents John Hollie and Harriet Evelyn Allday Ferguson. He grew up and attended school in Atlanta, Texas, where he played football and graduated from Atlanta High School in 1950. Sam, along with six other barely-18-year-old boys, dropped out of school at mid-term of their senior year and enlisted in the Air Force. They...
