Individual Details
Johnnie M. SPEED
(20 May 1896 - 11 Oct 1968)
Events
| Birth | 20 May 1896 | Lincoln County, MS | |||
| Marriage | 2 Sep 1915 | Lincoln County, MS - Robert Dewitt FURR |  | ||
| Death | 11 Oct 1968 | Wesson, Copiah County, MS |  | | |
| Burial | Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, MS | | |||
| Soc Sec No | 426-96-2993 | |
Families
| Spouse | Robert Dewitt FURR (1894 - 1941) |
| Child | Catherine FURR (1916 - 1916) |
| Child | Scott FURR (1918 - 1983) |
| Child | Troy Lamar FURR (1922 - 1993) |
| Child | Fred Warren FURR (1928 - 2013) |
| Father | John Balous SPEED (1854 - 1926) |
| Mother | Annie Adell "Della" PATRICK (1874 - 1962) |
Notes
Death
Funeral services for Mrs. Johnnie Speed Furr, 72, were held at 2 p.m. today in Brookhaven Funeral Home chapel. Mrs. Furr, widow of R.D. Furr, died at 8:15 p.m. Saturday in a Brookhaven hospital. She was born May 20, 1896, in Copiah County, the daughter of the late John and Annie A. Patrick Speed. She was a member of the Wesson Presbyterian Church. Survivors include three sons, Scott Furr, Magnolia, Fred and Troy Furr, both of Wesson; one sister, Mrs. F. D. Hemphill, Jackson; two brothers, James and Clifton Speed, both of Wesson; five grandchildren and one great- grandchild. Rev. Frank M. McCraver officiated. Burial was in Little Behala Baptist Church cemetery with Brookhaven Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.Enterprise-Journal, McComb, Mississippi, October 14, 1968
Endnotes
1. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
2. Enterprise-Journal, McComb, Mississippi.
3. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
4. United States Social Security Death Index.