William Ferguson

William D. Ferguson AHOSKIE - William Donald Ferguson, 72, of the 900 block of Liberty St., died Friday, April 16, 2010 at Pitt County Memorial Hospital. Born in Reidsville, in Rockingham County, North Carolina, on Feb. 28, 1938, Mr. Ferguson was a son of the late Harry S. and Mildred Dawson Ferguson. He attended what is now East Carolina University and was retired as division right of way agent for the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Donald was an active member of First Presbyterian Church of Ahoskie where he served as Sunday school teacher, and served on the Session of the Church for many years. He was also a member and had served as past president and lieutenant governor of the Ahoskie Kiwanis Club. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Barbara Miller Ferguson; his daughter, Julie F. Pace and her husband Chris of Sykesville, Md.; two sisters, Mary Anna Pearson and husband Johnnie of Hickory, N.C., and Mae Coburn and husband, Frank of Greenville, NC; and his brothers, Harry S. "Butch" Ferguson and wife Linda of Grimesland, N.C., Bobby Vaughan Ferguson and wife Charlene of Palatine, Ill., Tommy Ferguson and wife Helen of Edward, N.C., and Sam Ferguson of Greenville, N.C. He was predeceased by a sister, Joy Ferguson Sullivan. A memorial celebration of life service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 20, at First Presbyterian Church of Ahoskie with the Rev. Richard Rice officiating. An inurnment service will be held for the family at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 21, in East Duplin Memorial Garden, Beulaville, N.C. The family will receive friends at Garrett-Jones Funeral Home from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Monday and will assemble at the church in the Adult Sunday school classroom at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday to receive friends prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations be made to a charity of one's choice or to First Presbyterian Church of Ahoskie, Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 159, Ahoskie, NC, 27910. Family and friends may send condolences and sign the online guestbook by visiting www.garrettjonesfh.com.