Individual Details
Wiley Kether FURR Jr.
(1 Apr 1897 - 21 Feb 1965)
Wiley Kether was known in the family as Kether. I don't know who his wife was but he did have two boys. Kether and both boys like to drink and were in trouble with the law often. The last information I have about them was they were in prison in Raleigh around the 1940's. I have never heard of their whereabouts since then. Grandnephew William Thomas Linebarrier
Kirk Furr Has Been Sentenced.
Albemarle, April 5. The case of State against Kirk Furr, Carl Furr and Keithan Furr, in which these Furr boys have been on trial for their lives In the Superior court here, came to a rather sudden conclusion today, when, after all evidence had been offered and counsel had argued the side of both State and defendants to the jury, a compromise was reached, whereby the case was disposed of without the jury deliberating on the issue involved. The proposition was made by the State through Solicitor Brock that the State would withdraw its demand for murder in the first degree if Kirk Furr would submit to the charge of murder in the second degree and that Kelthan and Carl Furr would submit to manslaughter After some deliberation on the part of the defendants' attorneys, the State's proposition was accepted and a plea of murder in the second degree was entered by Kirk Furr through his counsel, G. D. B. Reynolds and A.F. Seawell, and a plea of guilty to man slaughter was entered by Keithan and Carl Furr by their counsel, A. C. Huneycutt and H. C. Turner. Judge Webb allowed this arrangement and thereupon promptly sentenced Kirk Furr to imprisonment at hard labor in the State penitentiary for a term of 20 years. Keithan Furr and Carl Furr were each sentenced to seven years. This case consumed about two days in the hearing and as hotly contested on both sides all the way through.
The Monroe Journal, April 10, 1917
Four Arrested in Arson Death
Concord, Oct 15
Four white men, charged with burning an aged negro to death by setting fire to his home, were scheduled for trial this afternoon in Cabarrus county superior court on charges of murder and arson. Judge Clement ordered a special venire of 100 men from which jurors will be chosen for the case. The men, indicted late yesterday by a grand jury, all pleaded not guilty. They were listed a Edward Furr, Wiley K. Furr, Lewis Furr, and William A. Cook. The negro, 65-year-old Isaac Glover, died of burns shortly after his home was destroyed by fire in August. The Furrs and Cook were arrested after a coroner's verdict said Glover's house had been intentionally burned.
Statesville Daily Record, Statesville, North Carolina, October 15, 1946
Negro's Killers Draw Long Term
Concord, Oct 16
Four white men faced long prison terms today following their pleas of guilty here yesterday in connection with the death of an aged negro man Aug. 13. Bill Cook and Edward Furr were given sentences of life imprisonment after pleading guilty to being accessories before the fact. Wiley Furr and Lewis Furr, the other defendants, pleaded guilty to being accessories after the fact and were sentenced to eight to 12 years. The four men had been charged with locking up Isaac Glover, 65-year-old negro, and setting fire to his home the night of Aug. 13. Glover was rescued from the blazing house by neighbors, but he died shortly later in a hospital.
Statesville Daily Record, Statesville, North Carolina, October 17, 1946
Kirk Furr Has Been Sentenced.
Albemarle, April 5. The case of State against Kirk Furr, Carl Furr and Keithan Furr, in which these Furr boys have been on trial for their lives In the Superior court here, came to a rather sudden conclusion today, when, after all evidence had been offered and counsel had argued the side of both State and defendants to the jury, a compromise was reached, whereby the case was disposed of without the jury deliberating on the issue involved. The proposition was made by the State through Solicitor Brock that the State would withdraw its demand for murder in the first degree if Kirk Furr would submit to the charge of murder in the second degree and that Kelthan and Carl Furr would submit to manslaughter After some deliberation on the part of the defendants' attorneys, the State's proposition was accepted and a plea of murder in the second degree was entered by Kirk Furr through his counsel, G. D. B. Reynolds and A.F. Seawell, and a plea of guilty to man slaughter was entered by Keithan and Carl Furr by their counsel, A. C. Huneycutt and H. C. Turner. Judge Webb allowed this arrangement and thereupon promptly sentenced Kirk Furr to imprisonment at hard labor in the State penitentiary for a term of 20 years. Keithan Furr and Carl Furr were each sentenced to seven years. This case consumed about two days in the hearing and as hotly contested on both sides all the way through.
The Monroe Journal, April 10, 1917
Four Arrested in Arson Death
Concord, Oct 15
Four white men, charged with burning an aged negro to death by setting fire to his home, were scheduled for trial this afternoon in Cabarrus county superior court on charges of murder and arson. Judge Clement ordered a special venire of 100 men from which jurors will be chosen for the case. The men, indicted late yesterday by a grand jury, all pleaded not guilty. They were listed a Edward Furr, Wiley K. Furr, Lewis Furr, and William A. Cook. The negro, 65-year-old Isaac Glover, died of burns shortly after his home was destroyed by fire in August. The Furrs and Cook were arrested after a coroner's verdict said Glover's house had been intentionally burned.
Statesville Daily Record, Statesville, North Carolina, October 15, 1946
Negro's Killers Draw Long Term
Concord, Oct 16
Four white men faced long prison terms today following their pleas of guilty here yesterday in connection with the death of an aged negro man Aug. 13. Bill Cook and Edward Furr were given sentences of life imprisonment after pleading guilty to being accessories before the fact. Wiley Furr and Lewis Furr, the other defendants, pleaded guilty to being accessories after the fact and were sentenced to eight to 12 years. The four men had been charged with locking up Isaac Glover, 65-year-old negro, and setting fire to his home the night of Aug. 13. Glover was rescued from the blazing house by neighbors, but he died shortly later in a hospital.
Statesville Daily Record, Statesville, North Carolina, October 17, 1946
Events
| Birth | 1 Apr 1897 | Stanly County, NC | |||
| Marriage | 12 Jul 1920 | Stanly County, NC - Clara Dellie WOODELL |  | ||
| Occupation | 1930 | cotton mill dolfer - Cabarrus County, NC | |||
| Occupation | 1940 | Cabarrus County jail helper - Concord, Cabarrus County, NC | |||
| Occupation | 1950 | state prison camp prisoner - Newton, Catawba County, NC | |||
| Death | 21 Feb 1965 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC |  | | |
| Soc Sec No | 241-03-1966 | | |||
| Burial | Norwood Cemetery, Norwood, Stanly County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Clara Dellie WOODELL (1896 - 1953) |
| Child | Wiley Kether FURR III (1923 - 1983) |
| Child | Kirk Edward FURR (1925 - 1978) |
| Father | Wiley Kether FURR (1860 - 1929) |
| Mother | Varina "Vine" WHITLEY (1862 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Dora Lee FURR (1886 - 1950) |
| Sibling | Davidson Clyde "Dace" FURR (1897 - 1949) |
| Sibling | George Henry FURR (1888 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Carl Hezekiah FURR (1891 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Edward Karl "Eddie" FURR (1894 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Kirk FURR (1895 - ) |
Notes
Death
Wiley K. Furr, 67, of 1212 N. Davidson St. died Sunday at home. Graveside service 11 a.m. today at Norwood Cemetery in Stanly County. Survivors: sons, Wiley K. Furr Jr., Kirk Edward Furr, both of Lanham, Md.The Charlotte Observer, February 25, 1965
Endnotes
1. North Carolina County Marriages, 1762-1979. Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org.
2. 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..
3. United States Social Security Death Index.
4. findagrave.com.