Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
10:07 am Friday, April 22, 2016

Jessie Sibley Fergerson King

Jessie Sibley Fergerson King, 93, of Tampa, (formerly of Russellville), passed away April 18 in Temple Terrace.

She was a member of the North Boulevard Church of Christ. Jessie loved working in her yard, cooking for everyone and making handmade teddy bears.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Angelo Fergerson, and is survived by her husband of ten years, William King, her children, James Fergerson and wife Brenda, Thomas Fergerson, Sarah Siedenstrang and husband Bill, Angela Iaconetti and husband John, seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and friends.

A funeral service will be held April 22, at 6 p.m., with family accepting friends one hour prior, at Garden of Memories Funeral Home, Tampa. A funeral service will be held in Russellville April 26 at 1 p.m. at Spry Memorial Chapel. Burial will be at Franklin Memory Gardens.

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