Individual Details

Marriage

SALISBURY, Oct. 23.—Among the social functions of this section of the state perhaps none have been of more interest this season than was the marriage this afternoon of Mr. T. G. Furr, of Salisbury, to Miss Emma Pitts, of Catawba. The ceremony was performed in the Methodist church in Catawba by Rev. W. E. Furr, of Charlotte, brother of the groom, assisted by Rev. Beverly Wilson pastor of the church at Catawba. A large assembly of admiring friends from Charlotte, Mooresvile, Statesville, Mocksville, Lenoir, Salisbury, Spencer Concord and other places witnessed the ceremony. Among these were a number of members of the Salisbury Bar Association of which the groom is an honored member. Leaning on the arm of her father, Mr. J. H. Pitts, a successful merchant, banker and business man of Catawba, the bride entered the church wearing a handsome traveling suit and carrying bride's roses. She was given away at the altar by her father. She was proceeded by little Miss Lucile Miller, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Miller, of Salisbury, acting an ring bearer; and also by Miss Margaret Bost, of Hickory, carrying a handsome bouquet of pink roses, and acting as maid of honor. The ushers for the occasion were E. H. Miller, W. L. Palmer, J. H. Kerr, of Salisbury, and Oscar Sherill, of Catawba. Accompanied by his best man, Mr. Clarence Furr, of Morresville, a brother of the groom, entered the groom attired in a handsome traveling suit. The vows were taken at the altar by the use of the well known ceremony after which the young couple were showered with congratulations. Mr. Furr is a member of a well known Rowan family, a graduate of the University of North Carolina Law School, has scores of friends in all parts of the state who will be interested in his marriage. The bride is an attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pitt, highly esteemed citizens of Catawba, a sister of Mrs. T. F. Hudson, of Spencer, Mrs. E. H. Miller of Salisbury, and of Dr. I. W. Pitts, of Blowing Rock, and is quite popular. Immediately after the ceremony the young couple left for an extended trip through a number of western states.

Death

Mrs. Emma Pitts Furr, 81, of 210 South Jackson St. died Friday night at 11:45 at Spencer Rest Home. She had been in declining health for some time. She was born Oct. 27, 1886, in Catawba County, the daughter of the late John Henry and Laura Ingold Pitts. She was a graduate of Claremont College, Hickory, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Rumple Bible class, and the Friday Afternoon Book Club. Her husband, Thornwell G. Furr, a leading attorney in Salisbury for many years, died June 5, 1961. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. W.D. Cooke of Taylorsville and Miss Carolyn Furr of the home; and one grandchild. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at Summersett Memorial Chapel by the Rev. Herbert L. Underwood, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. Norman M. MacDowell, associate pastor. Burial will be at the family plot at Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
The Salisbury Post, Salisbury, North Carolina, July 6, 1968