Individual Details
Bessie Lee FURR
(14 Jan 1910 - 17 Feb 1978)
Events
| Birth | 14 Jan 1910 | Stanly County, NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 30 Sep 1927 | Chesterfield County, SC - David Anderson BLAKE | | ||
| Death | 17 Feb 1978 | Greensboro, Guilford County, NC |  | | |
| Burial | Lakeview Memorial Park, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | David Anderson BLAKE (1901 - 1981) |
| Child | Frances "Becky" BLAKE (1930 - 2023) |
| Father | Levi E. FURR (1888 - 1966) |
| Mother | Eliza Jane POPLIN (1889 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Flora Mae FURR (1911 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Zola Viola FURR (1913 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Horace Jasper FURR (1915 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Floyd Baxter FURR (1917 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Sarah Evelyn "Louise" FURR (1919 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Dewey Croson FURR (1920 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Annie Louise FURR (1923 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Vernon Calvin FURR (1924 - 1994) |
| Sibling | Mildred "Mick" FURR (1926 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Edith Pauline FURR (1928 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Peggy Jean FURR (1932 - ) |
Notes
Death
Mrs. Bessie Lee Furr Blake, 68, of 912 Highland Ave. died Friday at Greensboro Hospital. Funeral will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Church Street Baptist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Jerry Strader and the Rev. J. William Kanoy officiating. Burial will be in Lakeview Memorial Park. A native of Stanly County, she had lived in Greensboro 39 years. Surviving are husband, David A. Blake; daughters, Mrs. Edith Johnson, Mrs. Frances Smith and Mrs. Bonnie Keaton of Greensboro; son, Bucky Blake of Boynton Beach, Fla.; sisters, Mrs. Harvey Burleson and Mrs. George Mauldin of Albemarle, Mrs. Oscar Harris of Charlotte, Mrs. Pat Cagle of New London, Mrs. Donald Herrin of Oakboro; brothers, Horace and Vernon Furr of Albemarle; eight grandchildren. The family will be at Lambeth-Troxler Funeral Home 7-9 p.m. today.The Greensboro Record, Greensboro, North Carolina, February 18, 1978
Endnotes
1. North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994. Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 February 2020.
2. "South Carolina, Chesterfield County, Original Marriage licenses, 1911-1951." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 21 March 2019.
3. North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994. Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 May 2019. Citing Department of Public Health, Vital Records Section. State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh..
4. findagrave.com.