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Donnie Dewey Furr, 74, of Albemarle passed away July 25, 2019. The family will receive friends at Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Albemarle on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 from 11 until 12. Following the visitation, a graveside service will be held at Canton Baptist Church Cemetery with Dr. Phil McCrae officiating. Born May 20, 1945 in Stanly County, NC he was the son of the late Paul Furr and Fannie Moyle Furr. He was a retired employee of Norfolk and Southern Railroad. Mr. Furr was married to the late Margaret Elaine Furr. He is survived by a grandson Cameron Cagle of Albemarle, brother Cecil James Furr and wife Ivy, brother-in-law Eldon “Nookie” Holt, and sister-in-law Betty Furr. He was preceded in death by his daughter Paula Jo Furr, brothers Kenneth Furr, Doyle Furr, Jay Van Furr and sisters Bernice Furr Thompson, Dorothy Furr Hopkins, Peggy Furr Holt and Louise Furr Holt, 5 neices and 6 nephews.

ALBEMARLE, N.C. - The Stanly County Sheriff’s Office has concluded that a shooting Thursday was a murder-suicide. Deputies responded to a report of a possible prowler knocking on the door of a home on Canton Road. Upon arriving, deputies found a 24-year-old man, now identified as Cameron Cagle of Albemarle, with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, Capt. Chris Huneycutt said. It was later discovered Cagle ran to the house officers found him at seeking help from a neighbor after he was shot. He told investigators his grandfather, Donnie D. Furr, shot him at his house across the street, at 28641 Canton Road. He also said he heard a total of four gunshots, police said. “He is a victim in this case,” Huneycutt said. “He bears no responsibility in this matter.” Cagle was transported Carolinas Medical Center – Northeast. He is in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery, Huneycutt said. After finding Cagle, investigators entered the home and found three who were deceased. The Sheriff’s Officer later identified them as Donnie Dewey Furr, 74, Elaine Burleson Furr, 76, and Paula Jo Furr, 54. On Friday, investigators met with the District Attorney to present evidence from the case. They later found Donnie D. Furr was responsible for the deaths of his wife, Elaine, and daughter, Paula. The incident was determined to be a double murder-suicide. Stanly County Sheriff Jeff Crisco commended his officers for their handling of the situation, saying they did so in the “most professional manner it could have been treated.”