Walter M. Ferguson

1933 - 2016

Walter Melville Ferguson, 83, passed away Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, at a local hospital. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Thursday in Greenwood Memorial Park. Walter was born to Walter E. Ferguson and Mary Beatrice White Ferguson on May 8, 1933, in Fort Worth. He was a 1951 graduate of Polytechnic High School and attended Arlington State College and Texas A&M before joining Southwestern Bell for a career spanning 32 years of service, most of which he spent in Arlington as a Business Representative. He was a Master Mason and member of Arlington Masonic Lodge #438 since 1967. He was a kind and charitable man with a smile for everyone, a good neighbor and good friend to many. Walter was an animal lover and donated time and money to rescue animals of all types. He was preceded in death by a beloved daughter, Mary Alice Ferguson in 2004; and sons, Rodney Ferguson in 1990 and James "Mike" Ferguson in 2014. Survivors: Wife of 63 years, Treva Hale Ferguson; son, Terry Ferguson and wife, Peggy of Round Rock; daughter, Suzanne Balfour and husband, Doug, of Pocatello, Idaho; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.