89 year old Lora Lodean Ferguson of Smithville died Sunday evening at DeKalb Community Hospital. She was a member of the Jefferson Community Church and a chemist for the Chase Brass Company. The funeral will be Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. Bob Ferguson and Michael Hale will officiate. Burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and again from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. until the service at 11:00 a.m. She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Ray Ferguson; her parents, Herman Eldridge and Hallie Mae Adcock Thweatt; sisters, Eldridge Thweatt, Stella Young, Martha Gribble, Lula Booth, and Betty Judkins; and a brother, Jessie Thweatt. Survivors include children, Dana Ferguson of Smithville, Robert Ferguson of Florida, and Judith Kucinski of Ohio. Six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren and a sister, Wilma Judkins of Smithville. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.