Individual Details
Mary Pearl "Mae" SMITH
(24 Oct 1914 - 4 May 1992)
Events
| Birth | 24 Oct 1914 | Picayune, Pearl River County, MS |  | ||
| Marriage | 27 Apr 1936 | Hancock County, MS - Ernest Brady FURR | | ||
| Death | 4 May 1992 | Picayune, Pearl River County, MS |  | | |
| Burial | New Palestine Cemetery, Picayune, Pearl River County, MS | |
Families
| Spouse | Ernest Brady FURR (1913 - 1990) |
| Child | Claude Ernest FURR (1937 - 2014) |
| Child | Charlie Wayne FURR (1939 - 2025) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Hiram Obiff SMITH (1871 - 1968) |
| Mother | Mary Lourinda THIGPEN (1880 - 1977) |
Notes
Death
Mrs. Mary Pearl Smith Furr, 77, of Picayune, died Monday, May 4, 1992, in Picayune. Mrs. Furr was a native of Picayune. She was a homemaker and a member of the Eastern Star and a member of New Palestine Baptist Church in Picayune. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest B. Furr. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Annette Furr Fleming, Margaret Furr Smith and Mrs. Faye Furr Landrum, all of Picayune; two sons, Claude Furr and Wayne Furr, both of Picayune; a sister, Mrs. Miriam Allen of Zapata, Texas; two brothers, Houston Smith of Zapata, Texas, and William Nathan Smith of Picayune; 10 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services will be today at 2 p.m. in the New Palestine Baptist Church in Picayune, where friends may call one hour before services. Burial will be in New Palestine Cemetery in Picayune. McDonald Funeral Home in Picayune is in charge of arrangements.Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi, May 6, 1992
Endnotes
1. United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KSP-S62F : 10 February 2023).
2. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
3. The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi.
4. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).