Ferguson, Ralph Edward

KILGORE -- Services for Ralph E. Ferguson, 87, of Kilgore, 
will be at 2 p.m. Monday, February 26, 2007, at the Rader 
Funeral Home Chapel, with the Reverend Dudley Plaisance 
officiating. Interment will follow in Hickory Grove Cemetery. 
Mr. Ferguson passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at 
his home. He was born February 15, 1920, in Tatum, to Joe C. 
Ferguson and Judy Turlington Ferguson. He was a career police 
officer in Kilgore, spanning 31 years, beginning as a 
motorcycle patrolman and retiring on February 28, 1982 as a 
city detective. After retiring, he continued at his favorite 
hobbies of farming and ranching, raising cattle and horses, 
repairing and refurbishing old trucks and cars, as well as 
socializing with his relatives and friends. He was a member 
of the Pirtle United Methodist Church. Mr. Ferguson was 
preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Mary Frances Ray 
Ferguson; his mother and father; three brothers, Walter 
Ferguson of Henderson, W.M. "Bill" Ferguson of Tatum and 
Cephus L. Ferguson of Tatum; three sisters, Dreby Washburn 
Selman of Tatum, Quida Hughes Drennon of Monroe and Sybil Gant 
Deaton of Tatum. Mr. Ferguson is survived by one son, Jonny E. 
Ferguson of Houston; a granddaughter, Wendy Ferguson Toliver, 
her husband, Matt Toliver, and a great-grandsons, Miller 
Toliver, Collin Tolover and Dawson Toliver of Eden, Utah; a 
granddaughter, Kristi Judy and her husband, Dale Judy of 
Bailey, Colo.; a grandson, Kevin Ferguson of Denver, Colo.; 
one sister, Donnie Ferguson Fransen of Opelousas, La.; a number 
of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews and other relatives 
very dear to his heart. His two donkeys, Slick and Mr. Ash, whom 
he referred to as "The Boys," also survive him. Mr. Ferguson's 
nephews and great-nephews will serve as pallbearers. Memorial 
contributions can be made to the Pirtle United Methodist Church. 
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday evening, 
February, 25, 2007, at Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore. Please 
leave online condolences at www.raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 2/24/2007.