Shirley Ferguson, 78 of Friona passed away June 10, 2025 in Amarillo. Viewing will be held Friday June 13, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM with family visitation from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM  in the Ron Smiley Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with Celebration of Life Graveside Service held at 10:00 AM Saturday, June 14, 2025 in the Friona Cemetery with Jeff Procter, officiating. Burial following in the Friona Cemetery entrusted to HANSARD FAMILY Funeral Home of Friona.

Shirley was born on September 24, 1946 in Waurika, Oklahoma to Troy Bird and Mary Lois Marquardt Hutson. A long time Friona resident, she married Fred Royce Ferguson July 14, 1965. That same year, Shirley turned in an application to the then Friona State Bank. There was a short time that the Ferguson's were not in Friona as Fred served in Vietnam, but, all together, that began a 47-year career at the bank retiring from the Friona InterBank in 2014. She held several positions at the bank including Vice President and head of the Certificates of Deposits and Individual Retirement Account Departments. While holding the positions at the bank, Shirley was also bookkeeper at Fred's hardware business and kept things fairly under control at the Ferguson home. She was a great wife, and mother and loved traveling with the family and the bank club. She was known for her great cooking, especially the large, full meals served up while camping.

Shirley is preceded in death by her parents-Troy and Mary Hutson, and by a daughter-in-law- Christy Ferguson.

Those to mourn her passings include her husband Fred Ferguson and 1 daughter-Kristy Stallings of Friona, and 1 son-Gary Ferguson of Lubbock, 1 sister-Carolyn Stevick of Friona, and 4 grandchildren-Karri Bolton of Amarillo, Jennifer Ferguson of Sherman, Kaylyn Gaussoin of Friona and Logan Ferguson of Littlefield.

You may send blessings to the family and sign the online register book at: hansardfamily.com