Charles William ALDRIDGE

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• Census: 1940, Living in Granite City, Madison Co., Illinois

Ernest married Dorothy Eunice FERGUSON before 1940. Dorothy (daughter of Sherman Robert FERGUSON and Maggie Elizabeth SLAWSON) was born on 12 Nov 1916 in Miller County, Missouri ; died on 14 Aug 2011 in Fairview Heights, Illinois; was buried in Valhalla Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Belleville, St. Clair Co., Illinois . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Granite City, Madison Co., Illinois

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Kurrus Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill., August 2011
Dorothy E. Aldridge, nee Ferguson, 94, of Fairview Heights, Ill., born Sunday, Nov. 12, 1916, in Miller County, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, at her residence.
Mrs. Aldridge was the owner and operator with her husband Ernest, of Dor-Maru Shores Mobile Home Park in New Athens, Ill. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Fairview Heights, Ill., Republican Women's Club and past president and secretary for Belleville Women's Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Aldridge; parents, Sherman R. and Maggie, nee Slawson, Ferguson; son Bill Aldridge; brothers Lowell, Raymond and Robert Ferguson; and sister, Phoebe Knecht.
Surviving are her son, Richard Aldridge, of Nashville, Tenn.; brother, Ralph Ferguson of Carthage, Mo.; sister, Melba Ruth (Don) Hayes of Thayer, Mo.; dear friend, Bonita Miller of Swansea, Ill.; and many loving nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church in Fairview Heights. Visitation: Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at Kurrus Funeral Home, Berlleville, IL. Funeral:
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, at Kurrus Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bryan Webb officiating. Interment will follow at Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Ill.

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• Census: 1920, Living in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois
• Census: 1940, Living in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois

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Funeral services were held this morning for Sherman R. Ferguson, 81, of Rural Route Six, Edwardsville, a retired General Steel Company employee, who died at 9:30 p.m. Friday at Belleville Memorial Hospital following an illness of two years.

Born at Iberia, MO, Mr. Ferguson lived in this area 54 years and retired from General Steel in 1962, following 35 years service as a coremaker. He was a member of Bethel Chapel Pentecostal Church of Granite City.

Survovors include his wife, Mrs. Maggie Ferguson; four sons, Lowell of Granite City, Raymond of Colliinsville, Ralph of Joplin, MO, and Robert of Maryville; three daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Dorothy) Aldridge of New Athens, Mrs. Harold (Phoebe) Knecht of Placerville, Calif., and Mrs. Donald (Ruth) Hayes of Thayer, MO; two brothers, Glen Ferguson of Springfield, MO, and Walter Ferguson of Tulsa, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. John (Maude) Tatum of Granite City; 19 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

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Sherman married Maggie Elizabeth SLAWSON. Maggie (daughter of Charles Robert SLAWSON and Phoebe Caroline BLYZE) was born on 03 Dec 1898 in Iberia, Miller County, Missouri; died on 2 Apr 1984 in Glen Carbon, Madison Co., Illinois; was buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Glen Carbon, Madison Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1900, Living with parents in Tavern, Pulaski Co., Missouri
• Census: 1910, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois

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Mrs. Maggie (Slawson) Ferguson, 86 of 2440 St. Clair Ave., died at the Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon (Ill.) at 4:45 a.m. today, April 2, 1984. She was a resident of the care center since October 1983. Mrs. Ferguson was born December 3, 1898 in Miller County, MO, and moved to this area 59 years ago. She was a member of Bethel Chapel Pentecostal Church. Her husband, Sherman Ferguson, died in 1977.

Survivors include four sons, Lowell Ferguson, Granite City, Raymond Ferguson, Collinsville, Robert Ferguson of Maryville and Ralph Ferguson of Joplin, MO; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Aldridge, Fairview Heights, Mrs. Harold (Phoebe) Knecht, Placerville, Calif. and Mrs. Donald (Ruth) Hayes of Thayer, MO; a brother Everett Slawson of Crocker, MO; one sister, Mrs Albert (Blanche) Alexander of Dixon, MO; 19 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Davis Funeral Home, 21st Street and Cleveland Boulevard. The Rev. Clifton Galiher will conduct services at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 5, at Bethel Chapel Pentecostal Church, 25th Street and Ohio Avenue, with burial in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Edwardsville Township.

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Created by: Nancy Arnold Thompson