Individual Details
Laura Jean ALMOND
(18 Nov 1884 - 6 May 1956)
Events
| Birth | 18 Nov 1884 | Stanly County, NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 30 Nov 1903 | Stanly County, NC - Grover Cleveland FURR | | ||
| Death | 6 May 1956 | Lexington, Davidson County, NC |  | | |
| Alt name | Laura Jane MORTON | ||||
| Burial | Ebenezer Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Davidson County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Grover Cleveland FURR (1885 - 1921) |
| Child | Isaac Franklin FURR (1904 - 1953) |
| Child | Zora Bell FURR (1907 - 1997) |
| Child | Grover Lee FURR (1909 - 1966) |
| Child | George Cletus FURR (1911 - 1972) |
| Child | Clayton Grover FURR (1913 - 1968) |
| Child | Nora Mae FURR (1916 - 1997) |
| Child | Theodore Roosevelt "Ted" FURR (1919 - 1962) |
| Child | George Junior FURR (1928 - 1954) |
| Father | Robert F. ALMOND (1859 - 1945) |
| Mother | Emma Isabell "Bell" WHITLEY (1862 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Dallie Idabelle ALMOND (1886 - 1967) |
Notes
Death
LEXINGTON, May 6 — Mrs. Laura Jean Almond Furr, 72, widow of Grover Cleveland Furr, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 6:15 p.m. today at her home. She had been in declining health for three years. Mrs. Furr was born in Stanly County Nov. 18, 1884, daughter of Robert and Bell Whitley Almond. Her husband died July 10, 1921. Surviving are four sons, Grover Lee, Clayton, George C. and Theodore Furr, all of Lexington; two daughters, Mrs. W. D. Yarbrough and Mrs. W. C. Brinkley of Lexington; 23 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one brother, Adam Almond of Albemarle and two sisters, Mrs. Hinson Stallings of Albemarle and Mrs. A. C. Furr of Stanfield. The body will remain at Piedmont Funeral Home pending arrangements.Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May 7, 1956
Endnotes
1. North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994. Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 February 2020.
2. Helen L. Garner, transcriber, Stanly County North Carolina Marriages, Book I: 1851-1867, Book II: -1904: (Albemarle, NC: Stanly County Genealogical Society, 1987).
3. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina..
4. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).