Individual Details
James Elery FURR
(2 Dec 1885 - 31 Dec 1969)
Events
| Birth | 2 Dec 1885 | Attala County, MS |  | ||
| Marriage | 20 Dec 1914 | Attala County, MS - Pauline HOLLINGSWORTH | | ||
| Occupation | 1930 - 1940 | Farmer - Madison Parish, LA | |||
| Death | 31 Dec 1969 | Vicksburg, Warren County, MS |  | ||
| Burial | Silver Cross Cemetery, Tallulah, Madison Parish, LA | | |||
| Soc Sec No | 439-12-6254 | |
Families
| Spouse | Pauline HOLLINGSWORTH (1884 - 1961) |
| Child | Frances Pauline FURR (1915 - 1917) |
| Child | Mary Sue FURR (1917 - 1918) |
| Child | James Elery FURR Jr. (1918 - 1999) |
| Child | Lewis Brandon FURR (1920 - 2020) |
| Child | Grace Neal FURR (1922 - 1991) |
| Child | Ethel Louise FURR (1928 - 1931) |
| Father | George William FURR (1844 - 1928) |
| Mother | Francis E. "Fannie" CHENNAULT (1849 - 1925) |
| Sibling | William H. "Willie" FURR (1871 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Mary Henrietta "Hettie" FURR (1873 - 1920) |
| Sibling | George Allen FURR (1874 - 1875) |
| Sibling | Lula Mabel FURR (1876 - 1912) |
| Sibling | Martha Evalena "Mattie" FURR (1877 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Iva J. FURR (1880 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Charlie T. FURR (1882 - 1899) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Bessie P. FURR (1888 - 1946) |
Notes
Death
TALLULAH (Special) — Funeral services for James Elery Furr, 84, of Tallulah, were held at 11 a.m. today at Tallulah Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Paul Snelgrove officiating. Masonic services and burial were at Silver Cross Cemetery under direction of Crothers Funeral Home here. Mr. Furr, a native of Appala [sic Attala] County, Miss., died Wednesday at Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg, Miss. after a brief illness. He was a retired farmer and elder in the Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Royal Arch Chapter 67. Survivors include two sons, Lewis Furr of Torrance, Calif. and James Elery Furr Jr. of Delhi; one daughter, Mrs. Grace Mitchell of Tallulah; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers were Manfred Gustafson, Golie Coltharp, Robert E. Brown, Charles Turner, Everett Keeton and P. C. Crum.Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Thursday, January 1, 1970
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration..
2. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
3. findagrave.com.
4. United States Social Security Death Index.