Margaret (Ferguson) Wilkinson, Golden, Poole, 96, was called home from this life on Friday, June 17, 2016, at her residence in Monticello. Born in Brookhaven, MS on June 19, 1919. Margaret was raised on a farm during the depression. Her mother, Mary Elizabeth (Moore) Ferguson, was a student at Whitworth College in Brookhaven when she met her husband, Grady Ferguson, who was a clerk and a Bell Hop at the Inez Hotel. He would roller skate around the campus and caught "Bessies" eye. They married and Margaret was the first daughter and their second child. As a young teen, Margaret`s family moved to Jackson, MS where she attended Central High School. She and her sister, Dolores, were known as two of the most beautiful young women in Jackson.
During WWII, Margaret worked at Jackson Air Base and for the U.S.O. She has lived in Moultrie, GA, Norfolk, VA, Montgomery, AL, Mobile, AL, Warner Robbins, GA, and for the last 4 and ½ years in Monticello, MS on Old Highway 27 North (between Oma and Wanilla) in the home of Randy and Schanta Preuss, and Schanta as her beloved caretaker. She transitioned from this life to the next on June 17, 2016.
She is survived by two daughters, Rita W. Lum, Terry, MS, and Sandra W. Preuss, Monticello, MS; one son, John Richard Golden, Costa Rica Central America. She is also survived by eight grandchildren: Darrell Keith Bass (Susan), Michelle Byrd (Larry), Lisa Dupree, Randall Preuss (Schanta), Robyn MacSorley (Billy), Andrew Golden, Stephanie (Golden) Vargus, Timothy John Golden; Thirteen Great-Grandchildren, and four Great- Great-grandchildren.