Individual Details

Jacob Eli FURR Jr.

(28 Nov 1924 - 16 Apr 2004)

He and his wife were textile workers.

Events

Birth28 Nov 1924Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
Marriage15 Nov 1947Concord, Cabarrus County, NC - Ruth Eleanor VERBLE
Occupation1950elevator inspector - Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
Death16 Apr 2004Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
BurialCarolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
Militaryin World War II
Soc Sec No241-20-9314

Families

SpouseRuth Eleanor VERBLE (1927 - 1997)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherJacob Eli "Jake" FURR (1901 - 1964)
MotherAnnie Beatrice BALLARD (1906 - 1998)
SiblingFrances Bernice FURR (1921 - 1948)
SiblingJewel Margaret FURR (1923 - 2005)
SiblingBetty Jean FURR (1926 - 1995)
SiblingBilly Reed FURR (1931 - 1931)
SiblingPhyllis Ann FURR (1932 - 2023)
SiblingRobert Edward "Bob" FURR (1935 - 2022)
SiblingNancy Carolyn "Carol" FURR (1937 - 2015)

Notes

Death

CONCORD - Jacob Eli Furr Jr., 79, of Five Oaks Nursing Center and formerly of Poplar Tent Road, died Friday, April 16, 2004. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Carolina Memorial Park Mausoleum. The Rev. Fenton Jones will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Wilkinson Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the home of a daughter, 1226 Eaglecrest Drive in Stanley. Born Nov. 28, 1924, he was the son of the late Jacob E. Furr and Annie Ballard Furr. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, a member of Stokes Lodge No. 32 and a Shriner. He was preceded in death on May of 1997 by his wife, Ruth Eleanor Verble Furr. Survivors include two daughters, Ann Gray Furr Edwards and husband Tim of Stanley and Jolette Furr Thomas and husband Phillip of Kannapolis; a brother, Robert Furr of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; grandchildren, Tymphany Troutman, Jaren Edwards, Leslie Thomas, Summer Thomas; and great-grandchildren, Devin Vanpelt and Finley Edwards.
Concord Independent Tribune, April 17, 2004

Military

US Navy

Endnotes

1. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.

2. Concord & Kannapolis Independent Tribune, Concord, North Carolina, April 17, 2004.

3. findagrave.com.

4. United States Social Security Death Index.