Claudia Elaine Ferguson died Monday, March 26, 2012, at Shady Lawn Nursing Home. She was 80.

Born in Collinsville, Ala., she had been a resident of Vicksburg since 1962. She was a carrier for The Vicksburg Post for a number of years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Jewell Samuel Wright and Mazell Cox Wright; and a sister, Jewell C. Dutton.

She is survived by her husband, Bobby L. Ferguson Sr. of Vicksburg; two sons, David A. Daily and Bobby L. Ferguson Jr., both of Vicksburg; two daughters, Janice Wright Dulaney and Kathy Ferguson Hooper, both of Vicksburg; three sisters, Allie W. Ray of Collinsville, Mildred E. Cox of Pembroke Pines, Fla., and Peggy Filcher of Tallahassee, Fla.; a brother, David Wright of Collinsville; nine grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several nieces.

A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Goodrum Baptist Church, 4569 Fisher Ferry Road in Vicksburg.