Individual Details
Alonzo Watkins FURR
(29 Nov 1917 - 8 May 1982)
Shown in 1930 census in household of grandfather Wilson Furr.
Events
| Birth | 29 Nov 1917 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC |  | ||
| Occupation | 1950 | bus driver - Mecklenburg County, NC | |||
| Death | 8 May 1982 | Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA |  | | |
| Marriage | Natalie SOUTHARD | ||||
| Soc Sec No | 242-03-2848 | | |||
| Burial | Evergreen Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Natalie SOUTHARD (1921 - 1995) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Alonzo L. FURR (1895 - 1988) |
| Mother | Jennie Belle WATKINS (1893 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Loma Iola FURR (1916 - 2015) |
| Sibling | Sarah Belle FURR (1919 - 2004) |
| Sibling | Bettie Louise FURR (1925 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Jennie Pauline "Polly" FURR (1926 - 2020) |
Notes
Death
Services are today for Alonzo Watkins Furr, 64, of Santa Rosa, who died Saturday at a local hospital after a long illness. A native of Charlotte, N.C., Furr was a veteran of World War II who came to California in 1953. He moved to Santa Rosa from Weaverville in 1958. He was an operating engineer and was a former member of Operating Engineers Local No. 3 of Northern California. Surviving are his wife, Natalie Furr, Santa Rosa; sons, Richard Furr, Sebastopol, and Lawrence Furr, Windsor; sisters, Loma Simmons, Sarah Belle Wallace and Pauline White, all of North Carolina, and Betty Thrower of Texas, and five grandchildren. Services at 1 p.m. at Eggen and Lance Mortuary will be conducted by the Rev. William Newman of Village Baptist Church of San Lorenzo. Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Charlotte, N.C. Memorial donations may be made the American Cancer Society, 826 St. Helena Ave., Santa Rosa 95404.The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, May 11, 1982
Mr. Alonzo Watkins Furr, 64, of Santa Rosa, Calif., formerly of Charlotte, died Saturday. Funeral is 4 p.m. Friday at Evergreen City Cemetery. Survivors are wife, Natalie of Santa Rosa; sons, Richard Furr, Lawrence Furr, both of Santa Rosa; father, Alonzo Furr of Fort McCoy, Fla.; sisters, Mrs. Betty Thrower of Arlington, Tex., Mrs. Pauline White of Denver, N.C., Mrs. Loma Simpson, Mrs. Sarah Wallace. McEwen is in charge.
The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 13, 1982
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. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original electronic data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, 19--..
3. United States Social Security Death Index.
4. findagrave.com.