Individual Details
Billy Joe FURR
(6 Aug 1934 - 2 Jun 1939)
Events
| Birth | 6 Aug 1934 | Cabarrus County, NC | |||
| Death | 2 Jun 1939 | Concord, Cabarrus County, NC |  |  | |
| Burial | Meadow Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Locust, Stanly County, NC | |
Families
| Father | Silas Monroe FURR (1902 - 1984) |
| Mother | Cora Lee MCGUIRT (1907 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Thomas Adam FURR (1925 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Dorothy May FURR (1927 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Silas Monroe FURR Jr. (1928 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Doris Geraldine FURR (1930 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Betty Jean FURR (1932 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Ruby Louise FURR (1936 - 2008) |
| Sibling | Charles Douglas FURR (1938 - 2002) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Death
Concord, June 2. — Billy Joe Furr, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Furr, of Harrisburg, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock when he was struck by a car driven by Dr. V. L. Dyer, of Pittsburg, W. Va. The accident occurred on highway 29, near Harrisburg, as the boy was crossing the road. He was taken to Cabarrus county hospital, where he died at 3:05 p. m. Physicians said he suffered a fractured skull, fractures of both legs and internal injuries. Yesterday afternoon a coroner's jury called by Coroner N. J. Mitchell held an inquest and ruled that it was an “unavoidable accident.” The boy is survived by his parents and one brother.Statesville Record and Landmark, Statesville, North Carolina, June 5, 1939
Endnotes
1. 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..
2. findagrave.com.