He was a native of York County, SC, born August 26, 1959 to the late Fred Marion Michael and Mary Cloninger Ferguson. He is survived by his mother Sue Ferguson, his wife of 30 years Jenny Michael, daughter Crystal Chapman and husband Greg, brother phillip Ferguson, sister Lynn Faulkner and husband Scott, grandchildren Kaileigh, Sydney, Kabal, and Slade, a niece Shelby Faulkner