Individual Details
William Gaines FURR
(21 Jul 1912 - 12 Apr 1984)
Events
| Birth | 21 Jul 1912 | Davidson County, NC |  | ||
| Occupation | 1930 | veneer mill laborer - Davidson County, NC | |||
| Marriage | 28 Jul 1934 | Davidson County, NC - Vida Mae MCCRARY | | ||
| Occupation | 1950 | veneer mill foreman - Maplesville, Chilton County, AL | |||
| Death | 12 Apr 1984 | Thomasville, Davidson County, NC |  | | |
| Soc Sec No | 241-01-1967 | | |||
| Military | in World War II | | | ||
| Burial | Holly Hill Memorial Park, Thomasville, Davidson County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Vida Mae MCCRARY (1913 - 2000) |
| Father | Dock FURR (1889 - 1973) |
| Mother | Mary Loretta BECK (1889 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Robert Aldee FURR (1918 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Kenneth Howard FURR (1923 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Sarah Elizabeth FURR (1928 - 2005) |
Notes
Death
THOMASVILLE — William (Bill) Gaines Furr, 71, of 214 Long St. died Thursday at Community General Hospital. Funeral will be 2 p.m. today at Sechrest Funeral Home. Burial will be in Holly Hill Memorial Park. He was a native of Davidson County, a retired employee of Thomasville Furniture Industries, a World War II Air Force veteran and a member of West End United Methodist Church. Surviving are wife, Mrs. Vida McCrary Furr; sister, Miss Elizabeth Furr of Thomasville. Memorials may be made to the church.News and Record, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 14, 1984
Military
Name: William G FurrBirth Year: 1912
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: North Carolina
State: North Carolina
County or City: Davidson
Enlistment Date: 14 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: South Carolina
Enlistment City: Camp Croft
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of high school
Marital Status: Married
Height: 72
Weight: 147
Endnotes
1. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
2. North Carolina County Marriages, 1762-1979. Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org.
3. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
4. United States Social Security Death Index.
5. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD..
6. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).