It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dorothy C. Sweatt Ferguson of New Haven, Connecticut, born in Suffolk, Virginia, who passed away on April 18, 2024, at the age of 86, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was predeceased by : her parents, George Edward Sweatt, Sr. and Bertie Mae Hunter Sweatt; her husband Charles J. Ferguson, Sr.; her siblings, Lottie Mae Sweatt White, Margaret Sweatt Formey and George Edward Sweatt, Jr.; her son-in-law Philip Preston; her siblings-in-law, Ellen Jean Sweatt, Harriet Ferguson, Sharon Ferguson, Juliet Owens, Lorraine Anderson, Alma Thorpe, Brenda Jeter, Thessalonia White, Ralph Formey, Nathaniel Grayson, Sr. (Ike), James "Fergie" Ferguson, William Ferguson, Welford Ferguson, Leon Ferguson, Edward Ferguson, Lewis Dennis Ferguson and Carl Ferguson; her stepmother Vivian Sweat; and her grandson Moet Bacote.

She is survived by : her children, Reginald Ferguson (Voleta) of New Haven, Angela Ferguson Gore of Hamden, Patricia Ferguson Duarte of East Haven, Charlene Ferguson Preston of Hamden, Charles J. Ferguson, Jr. (Beverly) of Fuquay-Varina, NC and Willona Ferguson of New Haven; her sister Gertrude Sweatt Grayson of Hamden; and her sisters-in-law, Cora Ferguson (Frank) of Fredericksburg, VA, Janice Turner of Fredericksburg, VA, Barbara Ann Bates (Nilon) of Fredericksburg, VA and Emily Ferguson of New Haven. She is also survived by 8 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren.

Visitation was held on Friday, April 26th 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses (885 Wintergreen Ave, Hamden, CT 06514). A funeral service was held on Friday, April 26th 2024 at 11:00 AM at the same location.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Beecher & Bennett Funeral Service