Individual Details

John Alex FURR

(10 Aug 1893 - 18 Apr 1949)

Events

Birth10 Aug 1893Cabarrus County, NC
Marriage4 Jul 1916Davidson County, NC - Lilly Bell MARLEY
Occupation1930 - 1940cotton mill fixer - High Point, Guilford County, NC
Death18 Apr 1949Guilford County, NC
Alt nameJohn E. FURR
Alt nameJohn A. FURRH
Alt nameJohn Alexander FURR
BurialOakwood Cemetery, High Point, Guilford County, NC

Families

SpouseLilly Bell MARLEY (1898 - 1981)
ChildFURR (1917 - 1917)
ChildEdna Adeline FURR (1917 - 1989)
ChildThurman Mann FURR (1919 - 1997)
ChildMack Albert FURR (1921 - 1997)
ChildEva Madeline FURR (1924 - 1960)
ChildClinton Neal "Clint" FURR (1926 - 1987)
ChildJames Roland FURR (1929 - 1929)
ChildBobby Lee FURR (1930 - 2020)
ChildRay Franklin FURR (1933 - 1982)
ChildGuy Banks "Pea-Nut" FURR (1936 - 2006)
FatherSandy Alexander FURR (1852 - 1910)
MotherMary Jane D. "Minnie/Jennie" LAMBERT (1864 - 1931)
SiblingHattie O. FURR (1892 - 1938)
SiblingJohn Arthur FURR (1893 - 1943)
SiblingJames E. FURR (1894 - 1910)

Notes

Death

HIGH POINT, April 19. — John A. Furr, 55, died at a local hospital last night. A native of Cabarrus County, he came to High Point 31 years ago from Concord. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nell Furr of High Point; two daughters, Mrs. Edna Dotson of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. James Suggs of High Point; six sons, Thurman, Mack, Clinton N., Bobby Lee, Ray F., and Guy B. Furr, all of High Point. Funeral will be at the home, 1219 Redding Street, at 4 p. m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
News and Record, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 20, 1949

Endnotes

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

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

3. 1920 Guilford County, North Carolina, Census.

4. findagrave.com.