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TROY — Pearl Harvell Furr of Troy passed away peacefully surrounded by her family Sunday, June 21, 2015, at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. Mrs. Furr was born on Dec. 23, 1925 in Guilford County to Jesse Lee and Lena Kinney Harvell. Mrs. Furr had been an active, faithful, lifelong member of her beloved Mt. Carmel, having taught Sunday school for over 50 years and was the last surviving charter member of the Mt. Carmel Women’s Missionary Union formed in 1944. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 46 years, Bishop Morrow Furr; brothers, Oliver Harvell, Henry Lee Harvell and Percy Harvell; and sisters, Opal Sisk and Blennie Fairrington. She is survived by her children, Larry (Jackie) Furr of Denton, Joyce (Butch) McIntyre of Troy, Debra (Michael) Thompson of Troy and Bobby (Elizabeth) Furr of Albemarle; siblings, Winfred Harvell of Mt. Gilead, Ruby Britt of Troy, Grace Lovin of Conway, S.C. and Ruth Yates of Alabama; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. The family will receive friends Tuesday, June 23, from 6-8 p.m. at Pugh-Troy Funeral Home, 211 N Main St., Troy; and other times at the home of Joyce and Butch McIntyre, 279 Alexander Road, Troy. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 24, at 11 a.m., at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with the Rev. Rodney Holmes and the Rev. Grady Blakely officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, P.O. Box 903, Troy, NC 27371. Arrangements are made by Pugh-Troy Funeral Home.
The Courier-Tribune, Ashboro, North Caroilna, June 23, 2015