FERGUSON, Barton Wayne
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1950 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. 5 August 1960
Friends have received word of the sudden death of Barton Wayne Ferguson, age 28 years, a former resident of Mellott.
According to word received, he drowned Saturday night while swimming near his home in North Carolina.
The body is being brought to the Hippensteel Funeral Home in Lafayette, where the body will lie in state from 1 to 2 p.m. on
Wednesday, August 3. Graveside rites and burial will be near Lafayette.
Ferguson was the only son of Barnes and Louise Robinson Ferguson of Bringhurst, formerly of Mellott. Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, one three year old daughter, and three sisters.
Death was caused by a heart attack, according to the supposition of a physician who was immediately called. - jz