Individual Details
John Thomas "Tom and Tommie" FURR
(13 Feb 1888 - 19 Mar 1956)
Events
| Birth | 13 Feb 1888 | Onyx, Yell County, AR |  | ||
| Marriage | 29 Dec 1910 | Perry County, AR - Delia MIDDLETON |  | | |
| Occupation | 1930 | farmer - Jefferson County, AR | |||
| Marriage | 30 Dec 1937 | Yell County, AR - Luise Ima FORD | | ||
| Occupation | 1940 | farm laborer - Yell County, AR | |||
| Death | 19 Mar 1956 | North Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR | | |
Families
| Spouse | Delia MIDDLETON (1892 - ) |
| Child | William Robert FURR (1911 - 1986) |
| Child | George Washington FURR (1914 - 1970) |
| Child | Dorothy E. FURR (1921 - 1974) |
| Child | Mae Dale FURR (1924 - 2000) |
| Spouse | Luise Ima FORD (1909 - 1973) |
| Father | Robert Newton FURR (1859 - 1907) |
| Mother | Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" SPEARS (1864 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Amanda Melissa "Mandy" FURR (1883 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ann FURR (1885 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Martha A. "Mandie" FURR (1895 - 1967) |
| Sibling | James Robert "Jim" FURR (1898 - 1966) |
| Sibling | William Hollis FURR (1900 - 1973) |
Notes
Marriage
Tom is shown as a widower in the 1930 census.Death
John Thomas Furr, 68, 1000 Poplar, North Little Rock, died today at his home. He was born in Perry County, but had lived in North Little Rock for the past eight years. He had farming and livestock interests in Perry County. He was a maintenance man in the Pyramid Building. He was a member of the Baptist Church in Hollis, Ark. Survivors include his widow, Ima Louise Furr; two sons, William R. Furr, Little Rock, and George W. Furr, North Little Rock; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Kirby, Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs. Mae Dale Barels, Lonoke; one step-daughter, Mrs. Imogene North, Lake City, Fla.; one step-son, Bobby Gene Ford, England; three sisters, Mrs. Martha Weaver, Hot Springs; Mrs. Mandie Hill, Hollis, and Ms. Sarah Blankenship, Portland, Ore.; two brothers, Jim Furr, North Little Rock, and William Furr, Hot Springs, and 15 grandchildren, Funeral arrangements will be announced by Owens and Co.Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 19, 1956
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration..
2. "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N93R-VBQ : 9 March 2021)Arkansas County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
3. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Vital Records Division, Arkansas Department of Health. Marriage Record Index, 1933-1939. Microfiche. Arkansas Genealogical Society, Arkansas..
4. "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5Q3-SLS2 : 18 July 2020).