Valda Jo Ferguson, age 90, a resident of De Queen, Arkansas, died Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at Little River Nursing Home and Rehab in Ashdown, Arkansas.
Valda Jo, Momma, Granny, Ma’am, forever branded on our hearts. She loved family. She began her family only a few days after graduating from high school when she eloped with Bill Ferguson and were together for 47 years. She loved her four sons and enjoyed telling stories of raising them and talking about their accomplishments. With every breath, she was proud of her sons.
She loved family gatherings and being outdoors, especially boat rides on the lake. She loved homemade Southern cooking, pies, and all things dessert.
Most of all her joy was watching her grandchildren grow, and her great- and great-great-grandchildren play. She enjoyed mowing her yard, gardening, and growing beautiful flowers. She was a wealth of information, having quite a green thumb.
She loved cats, horses, cattle, chickens, and all things farm and ranch, especially her dogs: Puddles and Rusty. We will cherish her memory always.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 47 years, Billy Dee Ferguson; her parents, Garvis and Edna Estes; one sister, Melba Gillihan, brother, Dewey Estes; son, Roy Ferguson and great-grandson, Shane Blankenship.
She is survived by three sons, Gary Ferguson and wife, Cynthia, of Garvin, Oklahoma, Johnny Ferguson and wife, Amy, of Big Lake, Texas, Charles Ferguson and wife, Morgan, of Torrington, Wyoming; her only surviving sibling, Doris McDonald, and husband, Lynn, of Idalou, Texas; ten grandchildren, Lee Ann Thrasher, Stacie Evans, Will, Monty, and Amanda Ferguson, Jake Ferguson, Josh Ferguson, Justin, Rayleigh, and Nash Ferguson, thirteen great-grandchildren, Garrett Dixon Kalin Smith, Joe Bailey Watkins and Ryder Evans, Kinsey, Kyla, Kinnah and Kutter Ferguson, Luke and Greyson Ferguson, Jaxon, Hartley, and Jones Ferguson, three great-great-grandchildren, Kase and Kooper Smith and Noa Blankenship.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ferguson will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 19, 2024, in the Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel in De Queen, with Tim Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Valley Cemetery under the direction of Wilkerson Funeral Home in De Queen, Arkansas.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, July 18, 2024, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the funeral home.
You may leave a condolence online at www.wilkersonfuneralhomes. com