Individual Details
James Burton FURR
(12 Sep 1895 - 3 Mar 1961)
Events
| Birth | 12 Sep 1895 | Center, Attala County, MS | |||
| Marriage | 3 Dec 1923 | Attala County, MS - Iona Vasthi BLOCKER |  | ||
| Death | 3 Mar 1961 | Jackson, Hinds County, MS |  | | |
| Burial | Center Cemetery, Kosciusko, Attala County, MS | |
Families
| Spouse | Iona Vasthi BLOCKER (1896 - 1978) |
| Child | James Burton FURR Jr. (1924 - 1997) |
| Child | Martha Lou "Mattie" FURR (1925 - 1942) |
| Child | Jack Odell FURR (1930 - 1989) |
| Child | Henry Carlton FURR (1932 - 1996) |
| Father | Henry Clifton FURR (1853 - 1932) |
| Mother | Martha J. "Mattie" DAVIS (1854 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Mary Idris FURR (1875 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Henry Walter FURR (1877 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Della C. FURR (1880 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Fred Wilson FURR (1886 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Samuel Davis "Sam" FURR (1888 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Louella Willie "Lou" FURR (1890 - 1929) |
Notes
Death
James B. Furr, Sr., 65, of 4235 W. Capitol street died Friday afternoon at the Veterans Administration Hospital. He was a native of Attala county and former resident of Edinburg. He had lived in Jackson for sixteen years. Mr. Furr was a veteran of World War one and a former employee of Morris Ice Company, retiring three years ago due to ill health. He was a member of Highland Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Ione Vashti Blocker of Attala county; three sons, James B. Furr., Jack Odell Furr and Henry Carlton Furr, all of Jackson; two grandsons, Michael Furr and Larry Paul Furr of Jackson. Services will be conducted Sunday at 3:00 p.m. from Center Baptist Church in Attala county with the Rev. J. P. Neel, Jr., paster of Highland Baptist Church Jackson, officiating. Wright and Ferguson in charge of local arrangements.Endnotes
1. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
2. The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, March 4, 1961.
3. Everette Carr, www.rootsweb.com/~msattala/, everettecarr@enter.net.