ALMA BELLE FERGUSON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN DECEMBER 6, 1908, IN REDFORD, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE FRANK AND CORA BELLE (LONESS) HELVEY. ALMA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT GEORGIAN GARDENS NURSING HOME ON JULY 23, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF NINETY-ONE YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND SEVENTEEN DAYS.
ALMA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO RALPH LEROY FERGUSON ON DECEMBER 25, 1931, IN VAN BUREN, MISSOURI.
ALMA IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, DEAN FERGUSON AND WIFE PHYLLIS OF POTOSI, TWO DAUGHTERS, BEVERLY NEWCOMER AND HUSBAND ALFRED OF POTOSI, ALICE DICKEY AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, NINE GRANDCHILDREN, SIXTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ONE SISTER, NOLA PRICE OF MCKENZIE, TENNESSEE AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND SPOUSE SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER.
ALMA WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE POTOSI SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH.
ALMA ENJOYED COOKING, SEWING AND QUILTING. SHE HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART FOR SHARING BIRTHDAYS AND ALWAYS MADE HER PART OF THE CELEBRATION AS THE BIRTHDAY CAKE BAKER. SHE LOVED TO RELAX AND WATCH THE PRICE IS RIGHT ALONG WITH HER FAVORITE TV PERSONALITY BOB BARKER.
VISITATION WAS HELD TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2000, FROM 4:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2000, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND JOHN EDWARDS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN NEW MASONIC CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, CARL PHILLIPS, JOHN MCCOLLOCH, NORMAN BOWLES, RUSSEL BREAKFIELD, DONNIE LARAMORE, BARRY MCFARLAND AND BOB SMITH.