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Sarah Caroline Ferguson, age 91, of Tallahassee, FL, a native of Arkadelphia, AR, and former member of First Presbyterian Church in Arkadelphia, died on Thursday, August 28, 2008, in Tallahassee. She was born on May 23, 1917, in Arkadelphia, to Dr. Marion Grey Ferguson, a long time dentist in Arkadelphia, and Leila Lacy Ferguson a homemaker. Caroline was a retired educator, spending the majority of her career as a librarian at the P. K. Younge Developmental Research School in Gainesville, FL. For the past eleven years she resided in Tallahassee at Westminster Oaks Retirement Community and has been an active member and frequent volunteer at Faith Presbyterian Church. Caroline was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Colonel Marion Grey Ferguson, Jr.; and one sister, Lois Ferguson Cole.

Caroline is survived by four nephews, Marion Grey Ferguson, III of Arkadelphia; Fred Carrington Cole of Columbia, MD; Robert Grey Cole of Raleigh, NC; Taylor Morris Cole of Deerfield, VA; and two nieces, Suzanna Ferguson Brown of Niceville, FL and Caroline Cole Cornwell of Providence, RI.

Graveside services will be held at 10:00 AM Friday, September 26, 2008, at Old Rose Hill Cemetery in Arkadelphia with Bro. Kendal Land officiating.

Memorials may be sent to Sarah Caroline Ferguson Education Fund, First Presbyterian Church, 1220 Pine Street, Arkadelphia, AR. 71923.

Arrangements are by Welch Funeral Home of Arkadelphia.

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