Individual Details

Minnie Louella FURR

(12 Aug 1875 - 25 May 1950)

Mrs. Nellie McCracken Orrell, 100, went to be with the Lord in her heavenly home, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2002. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday in Guilford Memorial Park. One of 12 children born to Ector B. and Minnie Furr McCracken in Haywood County, Mrs. Orrell graduated from the School for the Blind, Raleigh in 1920. She then taught in a one-room school in Upper Crabtree, Clyde, N.C. In 1923, she married DeRoy B. Orell, who was a blind piano tuner....

Events

Birth12 Aug 1875Stanly County, NC
Marriage25 Dec 1890North Carolina - Ector Beulah MCCRACKEN
Death25 May 1950Waynesville, Haywood County, NC
BurialUpper Crabtree Community Cemetery, Clyde, Haywood County, NC

Families

SpouseEctor Beulah MCCRACKEN (1868 - 1943)
ChildMary Iona MCCRACKEN (1894 - 1972)
ChildPearl MCCRACKEN (1918 - 2015)
FatherGaines FURR (1855 - 1912)
MotherSarah Magelene "Maggie" TREECE (1855 - 1903)
SiblingWilliam Franklin "Bill" FURR (1879 - 1937)
SiblingEffie Jane FURR (1880 - 1967)
SiblingDock FURR (1889 - 1973)

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