Individual Details
Harry Lee FURR
(15 Apr 1921 - 23 May 2012)
Events
| Birth | 15 Apr 1921 | Lonoke, Lonoke County, AR | |||
| Occupation | 1940 | chemical company paint mixer - Oklahoma | |||
| Marriage | 4 Jun 1943 | Louisville, Jefferson County, KY - Bessie Jo HOPPER |  | ||
| Occupation | 1950 | insurance safety engineer auditor - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK | |||
| Death | 23 May 2012 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK |  | | |
| Marriage | Peggy Louise SWEATT | ||||
| Burial | IOOF Cemetery, Norman, Cleveland County, OK | |
Families
| Spouse | Bessie Jo HOPPER (1924 - 1982) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | Peggy Louise SWEATT (1922 - 2018) |
| Father | Daniel O'Neal "Dan" FURR (1884 - 1976) |
| Mother | Caroline Sophia "Carrie" BRIETZ (1886 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Samuel O'Neal FURR (1912 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Nina Gertrude FURR (1916 - 2012) |
Notes
Death
OKLAHOMA CITY Harry Lee Furr was born in Lonoke, Arkansas, in 1921 and died May 23rd in OKC. He was a graduate of Central High and OCU. As a glider pilot in the Army Air Corps, 90th Squadron 438th Troop Carrier Group, he was in the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. He completed his service as a First Lieutenant. He retired from Continental Insurance Co. in 1980, and his wife Jo died the following year. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 36 and a volunteer with the Oklahoma City Blood Institute. He is survived by his wife, Peggy; his daughters, Sherry Stephens and Carol Robinson; grandchildren, Libby Schnee, Kelly Lashar, Ashley Keane and Teal Carlock; great-grandchildren, Courtney, Jaclyn, Brooke, Oliver, Ivy, London and Tripp; and nephews, Carl Michael Smith, Kirk Furr and David Furr. A memorial service will be held on Thursday the 31st of May at 2 p.m. at his member church, Village Christian, 755-0546. In lieu of flowers, please donate to your charity.The Oklahoman, May 29, 2012
Endnotes
1. "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DX-Q1FB : 22 July 2021).
2. The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May 29, 2012.
3. findagrave.com.