Individual Details
Sarah Isabella "Bella" FURR
(29 Jul 1862 - 26 Apr 1953)
Events
Birth | 29 Jul 1862 | Rowan County, NC | |||
Occupation | 1900 | postmistress - Rowan County, NC | |||
Death | 26 Apr 1953 | Mooresville, Iredell County, NC | |||
Burial | Willow Valley Cemetery, Mooresville, Iredell County, NC |
Families
Father | Samuel Monroe "Sam" FURR (1828 - 1918) |
Mother | Martha Lucilla "Lucy" MCNEELY (1833 - 1922) |
Sibling | Alice Elizabeth FURR (1854 - 1943) |
Sibling | Chalmers Victor FURR (1859 - 1935) |
Sibling | Junius Monroe FURR (1865 - 1938) |
Sibling | James Edgar FURR (1868 - 1907) |
Sibling | Rev. Walter Espey FURR (1871 - 1956) |
Sibling | Thornwell Gibson FURR (1873 - 1961) |
Sibling | Clarence Lee FURR (1876 - 1969) |
Notes
Death
Will of Bella Furr, dated November 17, 1950, was probated today in the office of Clerk Court C. G. Smith. A 50-acres farm in Rowan county was left to a brother, T. G. Furr, and a cash bequest, of $5,000 was made to another brother, W. E. Furr, and his wife, Dora. Other bequests of personal property were made to the two brothers and all her nieces and nephews, including Jessie McAulay Wilson, Marie Furr Primm, Mary Gordon Furr Kelly, Mildred Furr Moore, Jennie Furr, Frances Furr Cooke, Carolyn Furr, and Baxter, Oscar, Sam and James Furr. An encyclopedia was left to Mooresville library. T. G. Furr was named executor.Statesville Daily Record, Statesville, North Carolina, 4/29/1953
Endnotes
1. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina..
2. findagrave.com.