Individual Details
Will Lena FURR
(19 Mar 1902 - 3 May 1984)
Events
| Birth | 19 Mar 1902 | Wesson, Copiah County, MS | |||
| Marriage | 14 Apr 1926 | Lincoln County, MS - Willis Edwin WRIGHT |  | ||
| Death | 3 May 1984 | Jackson, Hinds County, MS |  | | |
| Burial | Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, MS | |
Families
| Spouse | Willis Edwin WRIGHT (1894 - 1959) |
| Child | William Eugene "Gene" WRIGHT (1933 - 2014) |
| Father | William Henry "Willie" FURR (1875 - 1960) |
| Mother | Ada Orlene "Lena" DORSEY (1881 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Wilmer Dorsey FURR (1901 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Ray Albert FURR (1904 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Lynelle FURR (1907 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Margaret Elizabeth "Mattie" FURR (1907 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Carl Rowan FURR (1909 - 1998) |
| Sibling | William Hubert FURR (1911 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Lester Randolph FURR (1915 - 1998) |
Notes
Death
Mrs. Will Lena Wright, 82, of 550 Houston Ave. died Tuesday morning at Hinds General Hospital. Services are 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home chapel with interment to follow in Lakewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 1 p.m. until service time Thursday. She was a native of Wesson and attended Copiah-Lincoln Agricultural High School. A resident of Jackson for two years, she was a former resident of Forest City, Ark. She was a member of Capitol Street United Methodist Church. Before her retirement several years ago, she was manager of the Busy Bee Clothing store in Tunica. She s survived by her son, Dr. William E. Wright of Camp Hill, Pa.; sisters, Mrs. Nell Bates and Mrs. Margaret Lee, both of Jackson; brothers, Carl R. Furr and William H. Furr, both of Jackson, and Lester Furr of Wesson; and five grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, July 4, 1984
Endnotes
1. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
2. The Clarion Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi.
3. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).