Donald Crawford Ferguson, Sr., 84, of Beaumont, died Friday, July 25, 2008 at Methodist Hospital in Houston. He was born in Titusville, Florida, and lived in Florida until he moved to Beaumont in 1952. He earned a B.S. degree in Nautical Science from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York in 1945. In Beaumont, he served as a commissioned pilot with the Sabine Pilots Association until his retirement in 1991.
Survivors include his wife of fifty-eight years, Shirley Ferguson; children, Carmen Sullivan and husband Charles of Kerrville, Jeanne Chaffee and husband Jay Allen of Houston, Donald C. Ferguson, Jr. and wife Evangeline of Piedmont, Alabama and Dorothy Wrigge and husband Joseph of Houston; brother, Robert Calloway Ferguson and wife Champ of Ocala, Florida; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at St. Anne Catholic Church. His partners in the Sabine Pilots Association will serve as honorary pallbearers. Arrangements are under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to a charity of your choice.
