William 'Bill' Ferguson, 61, Retired Douglas County Firefighter

Retired Lt. Bill Ferguson, a 36-year veteran with the Douglas County fire department, passed away Monday, Jan. 19, the agency posted on Facebook.

William “Bill” Rayford Ferguson, III, 61, of Douglasville, also worked six years with the City of Austell, according to his obituary on the Jones-Wynn Funeral Home website.

• View the entire obituary here

He was born March 17, 1953 in Fulton County, the son of Mrs. Flossie Lujean Fowler Ferguson and the late Mr. William Rayford Ferguson, Jr.

He is survived by his wife, Cindy Iddins Ferguson of Douglasville; his sons, Iain Andrew Ferguson of Douglasville, William Rayford Ferguson IV of Lithia Springs, and Jeremy Adam Ferguson of Douglasville; daughter, Amanda Jane Ferguson of Douglasville; his mother, Flossie Lujean Fowler Ferguson of Rockmart; sisters and a brother-in-law, Vicki Ferguson of Rockmart and Sandy and Jimmy Jones of Rockmart; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Caleb Vernon Iddins and Alice Virginia Iddins of Sharpsburg; two sisters-in-law, Belinda Dawn and Chuck Harrison of Sharpsburg and Robbin Lynn Iddins of East Point; several grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.

A memorial service will be held Monday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. at at The Church at Chapel Hill in Douglasville.

Jones-Wynn Funeral Home & Crematory of Douglasville is in charge of arrangements. 770-942-2311

• Click here to view the Jones-Wynn tribute page

(Photo: Douglas County Fire/EMS Department Facebook)

RECENT DOUGLASVILLE PATCH OBITUARIES

• In Memory: Roscoe Arthur Brookshire, 81, Winston
• In Memory: Brenda Faye Gossett, 67, Lithia Springs,
• In Memory: Rodney ‘Rod’ Hugh Brown, age 65 of Douglasville
• In Memory: Deanna Cofhlin Brown, 73, of Douglasville
• In Memory: Jack William Hall, 53, of Winston