Individual Details
Robert Wayne FURR
(19 Sep 1904 - 21 Jul 1982)
Events
| Birth | 19 Sep 1904 | Mississippi |  | ||
| Occupation | 1930 | shirt mill laborer - Gary, Lake County, IN | |||
| Marriage | 20 Sep 1945 | Lincoln County, MS - Winnie Marie BOYTE | | ||
| Death | 21 Jul 1982 | Biloxi, Harrison County, MS |  | | |
| Marriage | Ruby Selma MILLER | ||||
| Burial | Union Hall Baptist Church Cemetery, Lincoln County, MS | | |||
| Soc Sec No | 425-10-9954 | | |||
| Military | in World War II | | |
Families
| Spouse | Ruby Selma MILLER (1911 - 1937) |
| Child | Etta Fay FURR (1932 - 1993) |
| Child | Mary Kathryn FURR (1936 - 2009) |
| Spouse | Winnie Marie BOYTE (1921 - 2002) |
| Child | Robert Wayne FURR Jr. (1948 - 1948) |
| Father | Edward Edgar "Ed or Edd" FURR (1868 - 1945) |
| Mother | Mary Emma SORRELS (1874 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Annie Leigh FURR (1906 - 1991) |
| Sibling | Ruby Iola FURR (1908 - 1979) |
| Sibling | FURR (1912 - 1912) |
Notes
Death
Brookhaven – Robert Wayne Furr, 77, died Wednesday at Biloxi Medical Center. Services are 2 p.m. today at Hartman-Henderson Funeral Home with burial in Union Hall Cemetery. He is survived by daughters, Mrs. Etta Fay Norton of Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Mary Catherine Walker of Ocean Springs; sister, Mrs. Annie Leigh Lusk of Wesson; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, July 24, 1982
Military
Name: Robert W FurrBirth Year: 1904
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Mississippi
State: Mississippi
County or City: Lincoln
Enlistment Date: 14 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Mississippi
Enlistment City: Camp Shelby
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: National Guard in Federal Service, after 3 months of Discharge
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Widower or widow, with dependents
Height: 69
Weight: 180
Endnotes
1. "Mississippi, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPKR-NDD1 : Sat Mar 09 02:51:58 UTC 2024).
2. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
3. United States Social Security Death Index.
4. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
5. United States Social Security Death Index.
6. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD..