Dr. Robert Benjamin Ferguson

Mr. Ferguson was the 9th grade civics teacher at Spaugh Jr. High in Charlotte in 1966 where both my future wife Kathy James and I were very lucky to be in his class. I remember lots of after class discussions about sky diving with him. He was very young compared to most of the teachers and seemed so "cool". Sad to hear that he has left us but very happy to read about his awesome life since we got to know him for brief time in the classroom.
Mike & Kathy Craig

Bobby and I go back to the early 1950's first as classmates at MPHS then as friends for the next 70 years. Bobby, Tod Smith and Bill Lippard were like the 3 musketeers, when you saw one it was a sure bet the other 2 were close around. I cherish the many days and night we were all together at Hardeeville, especially at night bending an elbow. Any time you were around Bobby there was plenty of laughter and maybe a few exaggerated stories every now and then. Thoughts and prayers to Phyllis and...

I remember Bobby singing "Cry" and sounding just like Johnny Ray as a teenager! We were friends during our teenage years - hanging out with a crowd that was referred to as the "drugstore cowboys." We would all meet at the square after school and visit in the drugstore over a glass of coca-cola or hang out front to see who would show up! What fun we had as kids, Bobby was always a lot of fun and always a gentleman. You made the world a better place! R.I.P. my sweet friend. xxoo

Never has an obituary more accurately captured a man than that of Phyllis' for her husband Robert ("Bobby" to me.) He truly enjoyed his life and shared it easily. We spent too many years on third floor Burris at Wingate laughing at the absurdities of academia, mulling dictates from higher up, and analyzing the minds of freshmen, but still managing to enjoy teaching. I can still smell the flavor of his Dr. Grabow pipe wafting up the "tobacco free" hall in the late afternoon. Great memories....