Chloe Lucille Ferguson

March 23, 1916 - January 26, 2018

Chloe Lucille Ferguson, 101 years “young”, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born March 23, 1916, in Proctor, Missouri, a daughter of the late Ross Henry and Eliza Angeline (Sumner) Ward. Chloe lived the majority of her life in Morgan County except for the twelve years she lived in Pearl River, Louisiana with her oldest son, caring for her daughter-in-law. Chloe was a coat of many colors. She will be remembered for her fine cooking as she was known for her homemade pies and pan fried chicken. During her many years in the restaurant business, she served family style meals to local farmers during the harvest season, work crews in the area completing special jobs, Tweedies Shoe Factory employees and many locals enjoyed dining at Castle Café daily. She was known to keep a running tab for those that needed to wait to pay her until they received their weekly paycheck. She owned and operated Chloe’s Laundry where she washed, dried, ironed and pressed clothing for her customers. Chloe also worked in the school cafeteria in Versailles up into her late eighties. Someone asked, “What do you owe for your long life, Chloe?” Her response was, “Hard work and lots of kids!” She lived her life to the fullest and enjoyed life, hard work and her family. Chloe was a member of the Versailles First Baptist Church. Chloe had a blended family through her marriages to Everett McGinnis and later to Charles H. Ferguson. She is survived by her children, June Yows of Barnett, Jean Fiser of Gravois Mills, Jimmie McGinnis of Texas, Patty Cable of Gravois Mills, Charles Herbert Ferguson, Jr. of Gravois Mills, Paul David Ferguson of Raytown and Angela Marie Raines of Versailles; twenty-three grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Clyde Ward, Robert Ward and Elmo Ward, two sisters, Wilda Hansen and Jewel Brown, sons, Wayne McGinnis, William Henry “Bill” Ferguson and Robert Ross “Bob” Ferguson and a daughter, Pamela Hope Richards. Graveside services and inurnment will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 24th, at the Versailles Cemetery with Reverend Rod Campbell officiating. Memorial contributions are suggested to the family. Cremation arrangements are under the direction and care of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.