Funeral services for Carolyn Louise Ferguson, 85, of Leesville, LA, formerly of Ruston, LA, will be 10:00 A. M. Saturday, June 22, 2024, at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel in Ruston, LA. Officiating the service will be Rev. Larry Emory assisted by Rev. Stephen Nutt. Interment will follow in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Vernon, LA under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.
A Visitation will be prior to the service from 9:00 A.M. until service time in the Chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston.
Carolyn was born on October 25, 1938, in Jackson Parish, LA to James Fred and Jearlene Whitman of Choudrant, LA and died June 18, 2024, in Leesville, LA. She graduated with the Class of ’57 of Choudrant High School. Carolyn is preceded in death by her husband Billy Ray Ferguson; son, Marshall Alan Ferguson; parents, Fred and Jearlene Whitman; brothers, James Roy Whitman, Grady Earl Whitman, and sister, Linda Joyce Akins.
She is survived by her children: Billy Ferguson (Lisa) and their children, De’An Gates ( Jamie), Melissa Atkins (Justin), Kari Ferguson; Jimmy Ferguson ( Jamie) and son Dusty Ferguson; Timothy Ferguson (Melany) and son Corey Ferguson (Kelsey); daughter-in-law, Rhonda Ferguson and children Tiffany Robertson (Shay), Chris Ferguson (Rebekah), and Braedyn Webb; sister, Beverly Kelly-Cook (Glen); brother, Troy Wesley “T-Roy” Whitman (Dot); 12 great grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Corey Ferguson, Dustin Ferguson, Christopher Ferguson, Shay Robertson, Justin Atkins, and Jamie Gates.
Many thanks to her wonderful friend and caregiver Vada “Francis” Williams; and Woodlands Nursing Home and Staff in Leesville, LA.
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