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KANNAPOLIS -- Mr. Manuel D. Furr, 71, died April 9, 2003. Funeral is 11 AM Friday at St. Enoch Lutheran Church. Interment in church cemetery. Visitation 9:30-10:30 AM Friday at Whitley's Funeral Home. Published in the Charlotte Observer on 4/10/2003.

KANNAPOLIS - Manuel D. Furr, 71, of 2407 Eagle St., Kannapolis, died Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at Liberty Commons, Salisbury after years of declining health. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Friday at St. Enoch Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. John Mark Beam will officiate. The family will receive friends 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Whitley's Funeral Home. At other times, they will be at the home of his wife on Eagle Street. Born Feb. 25, 1932, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Furr was the son of Maxie Canupp Furr Wiles of Concord and the late Ira Davis Furr. He was a retired supervisor of Cannon Mills Company, Plant 6 card room. He was a member of St. Enock Lutheran Church, where he was formerly active in various phases of church activities. Mr. Furr was a lifelong resident of the area. In addition to his mother, survivors include his wife, Betty Litaker Furr, to whom he was married 52 years; one son, Eric Dale Furr of Kannapolis; two daughters, Teri Perry of Landis and Toni Adcock of China Grove; one half-brother, Mitchell Furr; one half-sister, Meta Armstrong of Belmont; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to the Alzheimer's Association, South Chapter, 3420 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, N.C. 28125. Whitley's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Concord & Kannapolis Independent Tribune, Concord, North Carolina, April 9, 2003