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Youth Dies of Wound Inflicted by Shotgun
Paul Furr, 19, who lived on Bolton road near Bankhead highway, died at Grady hospital Saturday night from shotgun wounds in the abdomen. Furr told attendants at Georgia Baptist hospital, where he was rushed in a Harry G. Poole ambulance for emergency treatment, that he accidentally shot himself with a 12-gauge shotgun in the basement of his home Saturday afternoon. Hearing the shot, the youth’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Furr; his brother, John, 20, and his 10-year-old sister, Dorothy, and a neighbor, Condy Cooper rushed into the basement to find the wounded man lying in a pool of blood. Furr’s wife, a bride of four months, was at the neighborhood grocery store a block from the residence when the shot was fired. County Policemen J. W. Williams and J. D. Allen Saturday night were investigating the accident. He is survived by his wife: five sisters, Misses Opal, Mary, Erma, Dorothy and Frances Furr; two brothers, John Neal and Gary Cooper Furr. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Harry G. Poole. An inquest will be held today by Coroner Paul Donehoo at Poole’s chapel.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, July 1, 1934

FURR — Mr. Paul B. Furr passed away Saturday night at a private sanitarium. He is survived by his wife, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Furr; five sisters, Misses Opal, Mary, Erma, Dorothy and Frances Furr, and two brothers, Messrs. John Neal and Gary Cooper Furr. The remains were removed to the parlors of Harry G. Poole. Fureral arrangements will be announced later.
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, July 1, 1934