Individual Details
Walter Fifus "Babe" FURR
(21 Jul 1901 - 18 Oct 1973)
Events
| Birth | 21 Jul 1901 | Stanly County, NC |  | ||
| Occupation | 1930 | cotton mill card hand - Poplar Tent, Cabarrus County, NC | |||
| Death | 18 Oct 1973 | Concord, Cabarrus County, NC |  | | |
| Marriage | Mamie Louise SMITH | ||||
| Alt name | Walter Phifer FURR | ||||
| Soc Sec No | 244-03-8921 | | |||
| Burial | Rocky River Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rocky River, Cabarrus County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Mamie Louise SMITH (1911 - 1991) |
| Child | R. J. FURR (1928 - 1928) |
| Child | William Mack FURR (1929 - 2002) |
| Child | Daisy Beatrice FURR (1932 - 2019) |
| Child | Martha Louise FURR (1934 - 1990) |
| Child | Jonah Walter FURR (1937 - 1999) |
| Child | Mitchell Subrone FURR (1940 - 2006) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Shirley Ann FURR (1942 - 2002) |
| Father | Jonah Alonzo FURR (1874 - 1946) |
| Mother | Jennie "Jenine" LOVE (1878 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Lula Malinda "Lou" FURR (1894 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Floyd Lee FURR (1899 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Flavus Lee "Flave" FURR (1905 - 1993) |
Notes
Death
Funeral services for Stanly County native Walter Fifus, (Babe), Furr, 72, of Rocky River Church Road, Concord, were conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in Rocky River Presbyterian Church, where he served as sexton. Rev. Joseph Hayes, Rev. C. F. Fisher, and Rev. Eugene Boelte officiated. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mr. Furr died Thursday at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital. He a son of the late Jonah and Jennie) Love Furr of Stanly County. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Smith Furr; three daughters, Mrs. Daisy Kindley and Mrs. Martha Barbee of Concord: and Mrs. Shirley Honeycutt of Albemarle; three sons, William Furr of Huntersville, J. W. Furr of Concord, Mitchell Furr of Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Blanche Mason and Miss Lois Furr of Concord, Miss Helen Furr, of Charlotte and Mrs. Hilda Beaver of China Grove; brothers Flave Furr of Harrisburg, Ernest Furr of Fayetteville, Glenn Furr, Ralph Furr, Homer Furr and K. C. Furr, all of Concord; 29 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 20, 1973
Endnotes
1. WWII Registration Draft Cards. 414 boxes. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926–1975, RG 147. The National Archives at Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia..
2. 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..
3. The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 20, 1973.
4. United States Social Security Death Index.
5. findagrave.com.