Funeral services took place Aug. 20 at the Mount Olive Baptist Church, Jersey City, for Thomas Ferguson. He passed away Aug. 12. He was born in Kingstree, S.C. to the late Elizabeth Jessie Ferguson and Joe Ferguson. As an adult he relocated to Jersey City where he was employed at the Chemical Compounding Co., Hunt Wesson, and finally Pigtainer, where he retired after 17 years of service. Thomas was preceded in death by his son Dwayne Parson. Surviving to cherish Thomas’s memory are two sisters Pauline King and Alfair Furgeson, two nephews, Cornelius Ferguson (Janeal, Darrah) and Eliot King, niece, Nikki King, his grandson Dashaun Kelly, special cousins Alice, Ralph and Mischea and companion Jacqueline Lewis. Services arranged by the Watson Mortuary Service, Jersey City.