Son of Joseph Milton Ferguson and Edith Laverne Ferguson. He was the great grandson of Joseph Michell, a Mississippi River fur trader, and Milton Ferguson, a Mississippi delta cotton farmer. The day after high school graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and trained for the invasion of Japan only to be spared from combat by what he often referred to as a miracle. With his GI Bill in hand, he enrolled and graduated from Georgia Tech in 1950. He was a member of the SAE pledge class known as the ‘44 WonderBoys. While attending Tech, he met Peggie Klingler, marrying in 1951. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Emily (Peggie) Ferguson*; and daughter, Cindy Ferguson. He is survived by his children, Kathy Peters of Missoula MT, Joseph Milton Ferguson III (Kathleen), Ginny Ferguson, and Dave Ferguson (Leanne); grandchildren, Emily Reed Ferguson, Joseph Milton Ferguson IV, Ryan Kennedy Ferguson, T Christopher Voith Jr, Walter Adam Brogdon (Beth), and Dusty Kyle Brogdon; great-granddaughter, Hailey Leanna Brogdon; sisters, Arden Wildasin of Aiken, SC, and Juanita Durbin of Birmingham, AL.
*b. 1931, Alabama
*b. 1931, Alabama
Son of Joseph Milton Ferguson and Edith Laverne Ferguson. He was the great grandson of Joseph Michell, a Mississippi River fur trader, and Milton Ferguson, a Mississippi delta cotton farmer. The day after high school graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and trained for the invasion of Japan only to be spared from combat by what he often referred to as a miracle. With his GI Bill in hand, he enrolled and graduated from Georgia Tech in 1950. He was a member of the SAE pledge class known as the ‘44 WonderBoys. While attending Tech, he met Peggie Klingler, marrying in 1951. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Emily (Peggie) Ferguson*; and daughter, Cindy Ferguson. He is survived by his children, Kathy Peters of Missoula MT, Joseph Milton Ferguson III (Kathleen), Ginny Ferguson, and Dave Ferguson (Leanne); grandchildren, Emily Reed Ferguson, Joseph Milton Ferguson IV, Ryan Kennedy Ferguson, T Christopher Voith Jr, Walter Adam Brogdon (Beth), and Dusty Kyle Brogdon; great-granddaughter, Hailey Leanna Brogdon; sisters, Arden Wildasin of Aiken, SC, and Juanita Durbin of Birmingham, AL.
*b. 1931, Alabama
*b. 1931, Alabama
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