Individual Details

Willard William "Willie" FURR

(6 Jan 1903 - 17 Feb 1979)

This man was one of the best carpenter ever know, he was a fine father and husband, he raised three children, two boys and girl. He loved to travel and did so about every three years he would move from California to Missouri where his wife Bonnie had lived years ago. Bonnie's parents lived three miles east of Beautiful Mo. in a three room log cabin home that her father built some where in the thirties, not sure of the date. Willard loved to hunt and enjoyed the out doors.
Janet Henderson, FamilySearch note

Events

Birth6 Jan 1903Centralia, Craig County, OK
Marriage7 Oct 1923Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR - Ada Mae MOORE
Divorce1930Duval County, FL - Ada Mae MOORE
Marriage8 Jan 1933Marion County, IL - Bonnie Verona LEWIS
Occupation1940carpenter - St. Louis County, MO
Occupation1950carpenter - Compton, Los Angeles County, CA
Death17 Feb 1979Kinston, Lenoir County, NC
Soc Sec No498-07-7449
BurialUnion Cemetery, Union, Franklin County, MO

Families

SpouseBonnie Verona LEWIS (1913 - 1967)
ChildWilliam Renard FURR (1934 - 1971)
ChildJames Douglas "Jim" FURR (1935 - 2006)
ChildLiving
SpouseAda Mae MOORE (1904 - 1958)
ChildLeonard William "Wil" FURR (1924 - 1924)
ChildHelen Louise FURR (1926 - 2005)
FatherJohn William FURR (1863 - 1948)
MotherNancy Albateen FIZER (1871 - 1927)
SiblingEli James FURR (1891 - 1891)
SiblingJohn Elbert FURR (1893 - 1970)
SiblingPearl Jane FURR (1895 - 1978)
SiblingBessie Magdaline FURR (1898 - 1987)
SiblingViola Mae FURR (1900 - 1987)
SiblingArchie Davis FURR (1906 - 1906)
SiblingRuby Gladys FURR (1907 - 1987)
SiblingCharles Brookshire FURR (1911 - 1995)

Notes

Death

SANFORD — William Willard Furr, 76, of Grifton died Saturday at Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston. Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Buffalo Cemetery with the Rev. M.T. Maxwell officiating. Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Helen Hall of Grifton, Mrs. Janet Henderson of Union, Mo.; sons, Jim Furr of Long Beach, Calif., Gene Furr of Watson Bonlee (Canal Zone); sisters, Mrs. Viola Kuhne of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Ruby Rhoades of Buena Park, Calif., Mrs. Bessie White of Fort Smith, Ark.; brother, Charles Furr of Paramount, Calif.; 10 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren.
News and Record, Greensboro, North Carolina, February 20, 1979

Endnotes

1. "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGF4-Z3NC : Sat Mar 09 09:31:28 UTC 2024).

2. "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N93R-VBQ : 9 March 2021)Arkansas County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

3. Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005..

4. 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..

5. United States Social Security Death Index.

6. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).