Individual Details
Jewel FURR
(3 Mar 1897 - 20 Aug 1975)
Events
| Birth | 3 Mar 1897 | Breckenridge, Stephens County, TX | |||
| Occupation | 1920 | student, TWC - Breckenridge, Stephens County, TX | |||
| Occupation | 1950 | junior high school English teacher/librarian - Breckenridge, Stephens County, TX | |||
| Death | 20 Aug 1975 | Breckenridge, Stephens County, TX |  |  | |
| Soc Sec No | 449-40-7893 | | |||
| Burial | Breckenridge Cemetery, Breckenridge, Stephens County, TX | |
Families
| Father | Henry Byron FURR (1868 - 1944) |
| Mother | Florence Adella ENGLAND (1873 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Enid FURR (1899 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Bedford FURR (1917 - 2011) |
Notes
Death
BRECKENRIDGE, Tex. (Special) — Services were at 10 a.m. Friday in First United Methodist Church for Jewel Furr, 78, a school teacher here for 43 years. She died Wednesday in a Breckenridge hospital after a long illness. She is survived by a brother, Dr. Bedford Furr, a Wichita Falls public school administrator. The Rev. Don Osada, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Breckenridge Cemetery under direction of Melton Funeral Home. Born March 3, 1897, in Breckenridge, Miss Furr lived in Breckenridge all her life. She began teaching in 1920 and retired in 1963 after serving in all grade levels. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and Breckenridge Woman's Forum.Wichita Falls Times, Wichita Falls, Texas, August 22, 1975
Endnotes
1. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 28 November 2020.
2. United States Social Security Death Index.
3. findagrave.com.