Hazel Gertrude Duncan Ferguson, 87, of Raleigh, passed on Thursday, December 30, 2021, at Spring Arbor Assisted Living Facility in Raleigh. She was born December 17, 1934, in Wytheville, VA, to the late Robert Lee Duncan and Laura Estelle (Stoots) Duncan. She graduated from George Wythe HS and Johnston Memorial School of Nursing in Abington, VA. She worked as an RN in the Ear, Nose, and Throat wing at Fairfax Hospital before retiring to Southern Pines. She enjoyed being active in the community through her several clubs. As a Needler, she knitted bears for children at the hospital. She enjoyed tea, white wine, taking walks, tending her garden, and cooking a delicious salmon. She was a proud, private woman who loved her grandchildren very deeply. A straight talker, she never shied away from saying what needed to be said.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Frank John Ferguson, Sr., on May 14, 2004. She had fond memories of their 25th anniversary trip to Hawaii. She’s survived by her three sons, Frank John Ferguson, Jr., and wife Shellie of Damascus, MD; Robert Ferguson and wife Shelli of Arlington, VA; and Michael Ferguson and wife Karen of Clayton, NC; a sister, Alma Massey of Graham, NC; three grandsons, Robert Michael Ferguson and wife Whitney, Jackson Robert Ferguson, and Michael Duncan Ferguson; one granddaughter, Kathryn Margaret Ferguson; Two great-grandsons, Riley Rhett Ferguson and Heath Oliver Ferguson.
A memorial service will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, February 5, 2022, at the Boles Funeral Home in Southern Pines with the Rev. Archie Stevens officiating. Burial will follow in Bethesda Cemetery in Aberdeen.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Hospice of Wake County.
Online condolences may be made to www.bolesfuneralhome.com
Services entrusted to Boles Funeral Home of Southern Pines.
