- Date Of Birth: September 7, 1935
- Date Of Death: October 8, 2021
- State: Arkansas
Hazel K. Ferguson, 86, of Alma, Arkansas passed away October 8, 2021. On September 7, 1935, she was born in Danville, Arkansas to Lee and Jewell (Damon) Havner. She was then raised in Dutch Creek with her five brothers Kenneth (the late June) Havner and Warren (Leana) Havner of Kansas City, Missouri, Floyd (Jeanette) Havner of Modesto, California and the late Waco and Daniel Havner. She graduated from Waldron High School in 1953.
Kansas City soon became her home. She later married her loving husband of 66 years, John Ferguson, on June 18, 1955. They lived in Kansas City where she worked as an operator and then sales representative at Southwestern Bell and raised their daughter Marilyn Ferguson, of Alma, Arkansas. They returned to Waldron in 1972 where she worked at REA Electric Company until she retired in 1997.
Hazel’s free time was spent cooking for others, attending church where she was a member at Trinity Baptist Church in Alma and loving her grandchildren, Laura (Seth) Hollenbach of Hot Springs and Ross (Maegan) White of Benton, and later her great grandchildren Kate and Idaleigh White and Eliza, Meredith and Madelynn Hollenbach.