> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Deane <country.gardens@home.com> > To: Donna Doss <ddoss1@email.msn.com>; <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 9:25 PM > Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Newport News > > > > Ferguson Park was named after Homer Lenoir Ferguson who was the president > of > > the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for several > > decades......throught the 1940's and 50's. > > His many descendents live all around the Newport News and Tidewater > Virginia > > area. > > Deane F. Mills > > > > > > > Do you by chance know who the Ferguson Park was named after? > > > Thanks > > > Donna > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: G. Lee Hearl <glh@naxs.com> > > > To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 10:29 PM > > > Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Newport News > > > > > > > > > > About Newport News Housing: > > > > > > > > The govenment housing project at James River bridge was called > Ferguson > > > > Park. There was also housing complex covering a hundred acres or so > > along > > > > 39th street called Copeland Park..They were built for workers during > > > WWII.. > > > > A lot of military people lived in Ferguson Park after the war.. I > > believe > > > > the brick apartments on Washington Ave. were built by the shipyard but > I > > > > don't know when.. Hilton Village along Rt. 60 in Warwick (later > Newport > > > > News) were WWI housing.. > > > > Hope this helps... > > > > G. Lee Hearl > > > > Authentic Appalachian Storyteller > > > > Abingdon, VA. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > > > > Hosted by Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > > > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > > >