Georgiana Ferguson Miltz OBITUARY
Georgiana Ferguson Miltz OBITUARY
Georgiana Ferguson Miltz was born in May of 1925, to Samuel and Mabel Ferguson in Clarksville, VA. She died on September 7, 2024, at age 99, in Virginia Beach, VA.
“Fergie” grew up on a tobacco farm in Virginia with six siblings, and knew at an early age that this was not her destiny. She escaped the farm life by reading every book that she could get her hands on, wherever and whenever she could.
She graduated from Buckhorn High School in Union Level, VA in 1943, after which she moved to Wilmington, Delaware to live with her sister Molly, and go to secretarial school. She then moved to Richmond, VA to work for the Baptist Foreign Mission Board and began taking flying lessons at Northfield Airport.
Taking a solo flight on VJ Day, an irresponsible pilot flew too close above her plane which caused her to crash, breaking her back in several places. After six months in a body cast, she returned to the skies, undeterred, and continued to work and fly at the airport. She received her private pilot’s license in June of 1947. While there, she soon met a dashing flight instructor who literally swept her off her feet. Ed and Fergie were married on February 2, 1952, in Richmond. They had two children, Mary Deborah and Mark Edwin, and the family moved to Virginia Beach in the early 1960s.
Fergie had an active life at Thalia United Methodist Church and worked as their secretary for several years. The biannual church rummage sale was an ongoing project throughout the years, the whole family collecting items to donate. Ed and Fergie enjoyed lifetime friendships, traveled to Scotland, and attended several of Ed’s WWII Squadron Reunions.
Fergie had a lifelong love of books. After retirement she worked as a volunteer at her beloved Virginia Beach Public Library.
She is survived by her children, Mary Gray and Mark Miltz, her three grandchildren, Alexandra Shear, Morgan Ledo, and Samantha Miltz, and numerous nieces and nephews. She will be missed by the many people she touched throughout her long life.
There will be a visitation at 1:00 PM followed by a service at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, September 11, at the H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments on Laskin Road in Virginia Beach. Online condolences may be offered to the family at hdoliver.com.
