Individual Details

Willlie Shuford FURR

(6 May 1896 - 6 May 1984)

Events

Birth6 May 1896Stanly County, NC
Marriage4 Jan 1921Stanly County, NC - Oma Elizabeth SOSSAMON
Occupation1930 - 1940farmer - Stanly County, NC
Death6 May 1984Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Soc Sec No241-05-7583
BurialFirst Baptist Church of Locust Cemetery, Locust, Stanly County, NC

Families

SpouseOma Elizabeth SOSSAMON (1902 - 1997)
ChildWinford Oren FURR (1921 - 1922)
ChildMarie Elizabeth FURR (1924 - 2012)
ChildWillie Mae FURR (1929 - 2018)
FatherNelson Nathaniel FURR (1860 - 1932)
MotherEliza Jane "Lizzie" DRY (1868 - 1942)
SiblingCharles Hampton "Charlie" FURR (1886 - 1969)
SiblingMary C. FURR (1887 - 1888)
SiblingMartha Ellen FURR (1887 - 1969)
Sibling John Bunion FURR (1889 - 1955)
SiblingVirginia "Jennie" FURR (1891 - 1970)
SiblingBell Zora FURR (1894 - 1970)
SiblingNaomi "Oma" FURR (1898 - 1979)
SiblingEmmer FURR (1900 - 1900)
SiblingRufus Nathaniel FURR (1901 - 1934)
SiblingNell Cropsy "Nellie" FURR (1903 - 1975)
SiblingRoy Lee FURR (1905 - 1968)
SiblingElma Elizabeth FURR (1907 - 1987)
SiblingRalph Carlton FURR (1910 - 1988)

Notes

Death

Locust – Mrs. (sic) Willie Shuford Furr, 88, retired farmer, died Friday. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church. Survivors are wife, Oma; daughters, Mrs. Marie Thompson of Stanfield, Mrs. Willie Chadwick of Miami; brother Ealph Furr of Stanfield; Mrs. Elma Osborne. Hartsell of Midland in charge.
The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 18, 1984

Endnotes

1. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.

2. North Carolina County Marriages, 1762-1979. Database with images.  FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org.

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

4. United States Social Security Death Index.

5. findagrave.com.