Individual Details
Carl Rowan FURR
(9 Oct 1909 - 28 Apr 1998)
Events
| Birth | 9 Oct 1909 | Mississippi | |||
| Marriage | 26 Apr 1934 | Lincoln County, MS - Mary Bennie SHIVERS |  | ||
| Occupation | 1950 | grocery store proprietor - Jackson, Hinds County, MS | |||
| Death | 28 Apr 1998 | Jackson, Hinds County, MS |  | | |
| Soc Sec No | 428-66-1612 | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Bennie SHIVERS (1909 - 1997) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | William Henry "Willie" FURR (1875 - 1960) |
| Mother | Ada Orlene "Lena" DORSEY (1881 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Wilmer Dorsey FURR (1901 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Will Lena FURR (1902 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Ray Albert FURR (1904 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Ada Lynell FURR (1907 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Margaret Elizabeth "Mattie" FURR (1907 - 2007) |
| Sibling | William Hubert FURR (1911 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Lester Randolph FURR (1915 - 1998) |
Notes
Death
Carl Rowan Furr, 88, of Aubum Drive, a retired business owner, died of pulmonary fibrosis Monday at his daughter's home. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today at Wright & Ferguson on High Street and at 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Mr. Furr was a Lincoln County native of the Bahala community east of Wesson and was the son of a pioneer Mississippi family. He transferred to Jackson in 1944. He attended Wesson Public Schools and Copiah-Lincoln Junior College. He operated a grocery and ice cream parlor on Terry Road for 20 years. He retired from Engineering Associates in 1991. He was a Baptist and a lifelong member of Calvary Baptist Church. He was the widow of Mary Shivers Furr. Survivors include: son, Carl Ray Furr of Jackson; daughter, Sandra Furr Akins of Jackson; brother, Lester R. Furr of Wesson; sister, Margaret Lee of Jackson; and four grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, Special Education Department.Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, April 29, 1998
Endnotes
1. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
2. Daily Leader, Brookhaven, Mississippi, April 29, 1998.
3. United States Social Security Death Index.