Helen Louise Ferguson Messick, 84

SEAFORD - Helen Louise Ferguson Messick, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, in her granddaughters home in Laurel. She was 84. Born in Clifton Forge, Va., the daughter of the late Nora Ann Boyles and Ewell Lee Ferguson, she was a seamstress at Gant Shirt Factory, Salisbury, Md. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, Nanticoke Post 6 of the American Legion, Ladies Auxiliary, Moose Lodge 1728, and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Elks, all of Seaford. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Loraine Ellingsworth Messick, in 2000; and by four brothers, William, Raymond, Lewis, and Roy Ferguson. She is survived by two daughters, Constance D. Nichols and Colleen D. Minner, both of Seaford; a sister, Dorothy Heffinger, Norfolk, Va.; four grandchildren, Penny Ruhl-Hearn, Katherine J. Wier, Sean P. Taylor and Robert L. Nichols; and nine great-grandchildren, Amber, Jamie, Colin, Paul Wade, Khrystyna, Brandee, Matthew, Miranda and Halee. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008 in Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Front & King Streets, Seaford, where friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m. prior to the services. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford.