Individual Details
Pearle Edgar "Pearl Edd" FURR
(6 Jan 1880 - 1 Jan 1927)
Built in 1913 in the then up-and-coming Glenwood-Brooklyn neighborhood just a few steps from downtown, the P. Edgar Furr House was purchased by Norfolk Southern Railroad conductor Perle Edgar Furr and his wife, Pattie. They raised their two daughters there until they moved to Richmond in 1925. The house was then sold to Margaret and Archie Hamilton Geiger (a foreman for Norfolk Southern), and remained in that family until their grandson sold it in 2022.
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Events
| Birth | 6 Jan 1880 | North Carolina | |||
| Occupation | 1900 | clothing salesman - Cocke County, TN | |||
| Marriage | 23 Jun 1908 | Fulton County, GA - Pattie Lou KIMBALL |  | ||
| Occupation | 1920 | railroad conductor - Wake County, NC | |||
| Death | 1 Jan 1927 | Richmond, Henrico County, VA |  | | |
| Alt name | Pearl FURR | ||||
| Burial | Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Pattie Lou KIMBALL (1888 - 1960) |
| Child | Dorothy Elizabeth FURR (1909 - 1973) |
| Child | Eloise Josephine FURR (1914 - 1994) |
| Child | William Wade "Billie" FURR (1921 - 1968) |
| Father | William Ransom "Bill" FURR (1857 - 1937) |
| Mother | Louisa C. MANN (1852 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Thomas Lee FURR (1878 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Aden Marvin FURR (1883 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Mattie May FURR (1885 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Carrie Louise FURR (1888 - 1921) |
Notes
Death
Richmond, Jan. 1. — Pearle Edgar Furr, formerly of Raleigh, N. C., died today at his home here. He was a native of Albemarle, N. C., and moved to Raleigh when a young man. For some years thereafter he ran as conductor on the Seaboard Air Line Railway between Raleigh and Hamlet. Later he ran on the Norfolk Southern between Raleigh and Washington N. C. He gave up railroad work several years ago, moving to Richmond with his family. Besides his widow, who was Miss Pattie Kimball, of Raleigh, he is survived by his children. His body was forwarded to Raleigh tonight for burial there tomorrow.The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia, January 2, 1927
Endnotes
1. "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z1-1X4D : 22 July 2021).
2. Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987. Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 16 November 2020..
3. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).