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DEAR EDITOR:

My name is Jody Furr. My mother, Glenda Furr, applied in 2008 for our old family home place to be considered for the 2008 Cobb Parks Bond land for purchase. It is the Lewis A Furr trust property at 4570 Old Westside Road Austell. It is 14.6 acres with a lake in the valley. It has been in the Furr family since 1933, purchased by my grandfather, Grady Furr, in 1933. He ran the Furr Grocery Store in downtown Powder Springs from the ’40s to late ’60s. Some of the land was used for the Food for Freedom program through the US government to supply food, both vegetables and pork, for the war effort during World War II. My grandfather, Grady Furr, also bought and donated some separate land for the very first fire station in Powder Springs; and he built the fire station after someone lost their life due to a fire in Powder Springs. There was no fire station at the time. He and my grandmother, Elsie Furr, loved the Powder Springs/Austell community and gave back to it throughout the years. My uncle, Frank Furr, was also mayor of Powder Springs in the 1950s. My father, Lewis Furr, inherited the land when my grandmother passed in 1997. He had a talk with me right before he passed away in 2006 about wanting his land to stay like it was forever, to not be developed into a subdivision.

My mother, Glenda Furr, also felt strongly about the land staying as it was and not being developed. She was very happy to learn for a way for our land to be saved from development — the 2008 Cobb Parks Bond. That is why she applied our property for the 2008 Cobb Park Bond. She called me when the land nominating committee left and was so happy that they seemed to like the property and what she said about its history. She put so much thought into how Cobb County could use the land; she even suggested that maybe Cobb County could let veterans, especially those with PTSD, fish at the lake to help their anxiety. She got the letter in the mail saying that they had nominated it in the final list of properties for the 2008 Cobb Parks Bond. She was so happy that day. We all thought that it would possibly be preserved forever as greenspace.

Then, the economy went bad, and she was told that the park bond had been put on hold. Unfortunately, my mother, Glenda Furr, died of a massive stroke at age 70 in the fall of 2012. Now, we have a chance at making my grandparent’s and parent’s wishes come true. Our family hopes that our land can be saved as greenspace. We ask you to please vote to fully fund the 2008 parks bond and purchase our property since it was on the original list of nominated properties and is still available.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Jody Furr

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Birth	22 Jun 1897	Paulding County, GA
Marriage	16 Jan 1921	Elsie Lee COLE
Occupation	1930	farmer - Cobb County, GA
Death	19 Aug 1976	Austell, Cobb County, GA
Military		in World War I
Soc Sec No		256-05-8487
Burial		Powder Springs Methodist Cemetery, Powder Springs, Cobb County, GA

Spouse	Elsie Lee COLE (1902 - 1997)
Child	Frank Henry FURR (1922 - 1955)
Child	Lewis Arthur FURR (1928 - 2006)
Child	Myrtle Louise FURR (1928 - 1928)

Father	Alonzo Taley FURR (1868 - 1934)
Mother	Mary Elizabeth MCGUIRE (1868 - 1904)
Sibling	Etta May FURR (1886 - 1970)
Sibling	Robert E. Lee "Bob" FURR (1887 - 1966)
Sibling	George Melvin FURR (1891 - 1980)
Sibling	Pearl Delilah "Perlie" FURR (1893 - 1975)
Sibling	Alonzo Rader FURR (1899 - 1979)

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