Individual Details

James Emmitt FURR

(12 Apr 1926 - 12 Jan 1978)

Events

Birth12 Apr 1926Locust Bayou, Calhoun County, AR
Marriage6 Nov 1949June Geneva FERGUSON
Death12 Jan 1978Arkansas
BurialNew Hope Cemetery, Calhoun County, AR
Militaryin World War II

Families

SpouseJune Geneva FERGUSON (1929 - 2018)
ChildLinda Gayle FURR (1947 - 2023)
ChildJudy Darlene FURR (1951 - 2023)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherAllen Chester "Slick" FURR (1897 - 1961)
MotherVirginia Ellen "Virgie" NOWLIN (1903 - 1982)
SiblingJoe Hollis FURR (1920 - 1995)
SiblingJack Walter FURR (1921 - 1988)
SiblingEllen Louise FURR (1923 - 1969)
SiblingLonnie Chester "Buck" FURR (1924 - 1999)
SiblingWilliam Ray "Bill" FURR (1928 - 1989)
SiblingSamuel Richard FURR (1930 - 1985)
SiblingCarl Dale FURR (1932 - 1986)
SiblingAllen Wade FURR (1933 - 2006)

Notes

Death

James Emmett Furr, 54, of 4 Deer Run Drive, a truck driver, died Thursday. Mr. Furr was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. June Ferguson Furr; four daughters, Mrs. Judy Barksdale, Mrs. Gayle Ausdenkamp, Mrs. Mary Manderm and Miss Paula Furr, all of Hampton (Calhoun County); his mother, Mrs. Virginia Furr of Hampton; seven brothers, Lonnie Furr of Kentucky, Joe Furr of El Dorado, Richard Furr of California, Billy Ray Furr of Texas, Wade Furr of Alabama, and Dale and Jack Furr, both of Camden, and six grandchildren. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Hampton Baptist Church. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery by Benton Funeral Home of Fordyce.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas, January 15, 1978

Burial

Inscription: Married November 6, 1949; US NAVY - WWII

Endnotes

1. "Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXWP-YR9 : 2 March 2020).

2. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas.

3. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).