Individual Details
Claude Franklin FURR
(17 Dec 1909 - 5 May 1953)
Events
| Birth | 17 Dec 1909 | North Carolina | |||
| Occupation | 1940 - 1950 | dry clearners owner - Ocala, Marion County, FL | |||
| Marriage | 1941 | Marion County, FL - Hazel Mildred CAMERON |  | ||
| Death | 5 May 1953 | Nashville, Davidson County, TN |  | | |
| Military | in World War II | | | ||
| Burial | Highland Memorial Park, Ocala, Marion County, FL | |
Families
| Spouse | Hazel Mildred CAMERON (1913 - 2000) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Paul Felix FURR (1879 - 1961) |
| Mother | Wilma Roberta "Bertie" FOARD (1888 - 1960) |
| Sibling | Howard Lee FURR (1904 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Clayton Bruner FURR (1905 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Paul Felix FURR Jr. (1911 - 1964) |
| Sibling | George Hubert FURR (1919 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Edith Colleen FURR (1924 - 2016) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | William David "Bill" FURR (1931 - 1999) |
Notes
Death
Claude Franklin Furr, 46, of 726 East 11th St. Ocala, passed away Tuesday, May 5th, in the Veterans’ Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. He was born Dec. 17, 1909 in Munroe, N. C., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Furr, Sr. Mr. Furr has been a resident of Ocala since 1926, coming here from North Carolina. He was a member of the First Methodist Church and was a partner in the Standard Cleaners of Ocala. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Hazel C. Furr; one daughter, Miss Claudia Furr; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Furr, Sr., of Ocala: two sisters, Mrs. Clifford B. Searles of Gainesville and Mrs. John Link of Ocala; five brothers. Howard Furr, Clayton Furr of Ocala, Paul Furr of Bartow, George H. Furr, and William D. Furr of Ocala. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the chapel of Hiers Funeral Home on East Ocklawaha Ave. conducted by The Rev. Walter R. Faust and assisted by The Rev. George A. Foster. Interment will be in Highland Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Tom Kennedy, Murray Brooks, Dr. C. S. Hagood, Kenneth Kennedy, Vernon Whaley and Charles H. Williams.The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida, May 8, 1953
Military
Name: Claude F FurrBirth Year: 1908
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: North Carolina
State: Florida
County or City: Highlands
Enlistment Date: 3 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Florida
Enlistment City: Camp Blanding
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
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: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Laundry Machine Operator
Marital Status: Married
Height: 70
Weight: 174
Endnotes
1. Florida Department of Health. Florida Marriage Index, 1927-2001. Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida. .
2. The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida.
3. 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..
4. findagrave.com.