Individual Details
William Howard "Sonny" FURR Jr.
(20 Jun 1938 - 13 Jul 2021)
Events
| Birth | 20 Jun 1938 | Concord, Cabarrus County, NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 21 May 1960 | Cabarrus County, NC - Merildean E. LAYTON | | ||
| Death | 13 Jul 2021 | Columbia, Richland County, SC |  | | |
| Burial | Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Columbia, Richland County, SC | |
Families
| Spouse | Merildean E. LAYTON (1938 - 2007) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | William Howard FURR (1911 - 1992) |
| Mother | Christine Ethel CAUBLE (1916 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Doris Ann FURR (1936 - 2020) |
| Sibling | James Frank "Frankie" FURR (1940 - 2022) |
Notes
Death
Columbia, South Carolina - William H. Furr, Jr., 83, of Columbia, died on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Born in Concord, NC on June 20, 1938, he was a son of the late William H. Furr, Sr. and Christine Ethel Jane Cauble. He began a military career in 1956, and throughout his career, was awarded numerous awards/medals to include the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal and National Defense Service Medal. SGM Furr retired in 1980 after serving over 23 years in the United States Army. He then went on to be an instructor at the Adjutant General School until 2007. Survivors include his son, Jeffrey H. Furr; daughter, Kimberly E. Briggs; grandchildren, Mary Beth Nexsen (Neal Price) and Brandon Furr; great-granddaughter, Kate Price; and brother, Frank Furr. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Merildean Furr and sister, Ann Gillespie. The graveside service will be held at 1:30 P.M., Saturday, July 17th, at Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens, 2603 Two Notch Rd, Columbia, SC.The State, Columbia, South Carolina, July 16, 2021
Endnotes
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2. "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-2011 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9N-QR5Y : Sun Mar 10 01:25:25 UTC 2024.
3. Shives Funeral Home, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina.
4. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
5. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).