Individual Details

Alfred Shuler FURR

(10 Dec 1906 - 3 Jan 1932)

Events

Birth10 Dec 1906North Carolina
MarriageAbt 1926North Carolina - Clara Victoria CORDER
Occupation1930stone cutter - Bedford, Lawrence County, IN
Death3 Jan 1932Lake Wylie, Mecklenburg County, NC
Alt nameAlphaul Shular FURR
BurialSteele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC

Families

SpouseClara Victoria CORDER (1911 - 1996)
ChildRev. Alfred Shuler FURR Jr. (1927 - 2023)
ChildLiving
ChildRobert Lee FURR (1932 - 1970)
FatherHenry Rufus FURR (1879 - 1937)
MotherRose Etta PERRY (1881 - 1942)
SiblingLemuel Rufus FURR (1900 - 1962)
SiblingGeorge Mathias FURR (1902 - 1942)
SiblingRoy Allen FURR (1904 - 1946)
SiblingRobert Daniel FURR (1909 - 1932)
SiblingLester Able "L.A." FURR (1911 - 1985)
SiblingArthur Jennings FURR (1913 - 1944)
SiblingEtta Lou Frances FURR (1916 - 1984)
SiblingJohn Henry FURR (1918 - 1972)

Notes

Death

Alfred Furr, 25, and his brother, James, 23, drowned in the Catawba River near here [Charlotte] when their speed boat overturned. Either Alfred or his brother Robert fell in a lake while fishing. The other brother went in to try to save him. They both drowned. Neither one could swim.
Burlington Daily Times, Burlington, Stanly County, North Carolina, January 11, 1932

Endnotes

1. Burlington Daily Times, Burlington, Stanly County, North Carolina, January 11, 1932.

2. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.

3. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina..

4. findagrave.com.