Billie Laverne Ferguson's Obituary
Church services will be held Wednesday, March 02, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Wheeler, TX with Rev. Larry Mitchell officiating. Burial will be in the Mobeetie Cemetery, Wheeler, TX under the direction of Wright Funeral Home, Wheeler, TX. Billie was born on October 02, 1926 in Hobart, OK to William Jester McWhorter and Hattie Emma Whisler. She attended school in Hobart, OK and Pampa, TX. Billie went on to attend San Jacinto Cosmetology School in Amarillo, TX. She owned the Vogue Beauty Shop in Pampa, TX, later she worked at the La Bonita Beauty Shop in Pampa, TX. She worked at Mordy’s Restaurant in El Reno, OK. Billie married Orvel Green Ferguson on July 21, 1945 in Pampa, TX. She was a member of Barrett Baptist Mission in Pampa, TX, the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, and President of the PTA at B.M. Bakers Elementary School in Pampa, TX. Billie is preceded in death by her parents, husband Orvel Ferguson in 1990, 2 daughter-in-laws Marilyn Ferguson, and Rhonda Gail Stevenson Ferguson. Billie is survived by 2 daughters Diana Kay Tinsley of El Reno, OK., Pamela Gay Tindol and husband Cole of Mobeetie, TX., 2 sons Gene Ferguson and wife Vicki of Wheeler, TX., Randy W. Ferguson and wife Jana of El Reno, OK., 2 sisters Claudine Melton and husband Jack of El Reno, OK., Pat Dyer of El Reno, OK., 13 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. The family has requested in lieu of flowers memorial be sent to Odyssey Hospice 7201 Evans Blvd. Amarillo, TX 79106, American heart Association 2404 West 7th Amarillo, TX 79106, or Parkview Hospital and Home Health 901 S. Sweetwater, Wheeler, TX 79096
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