Individual Details
Walter Floyd FURR
(3 Mar 1928 - 5 May 2011)
Events
| Birth | 3 Mar 1928 | Concord, Cabarrus County, NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 19 Apr 1952 | Dunn, Harnett County, NC - Living | | ||
| Death | 5 May 2011 | Biltmore Forest, Buncombe County, NC |  | | |
| Burial | Saint Giles Memorial Garden, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Albert Floyd FURR (1907 - 1982) |
| Mother | Ola Alice DOTSON (1908 - 1982) |
Notes
Death
ASHEVILLE - Walter Floyd Furr, 83, died of cancer on Thursday, May 5, 2011. Floyd was born in Concord, the son of Albert Floyd and Ola D. Furr. He was a graduate of Davidson College and served in the Army during World War II. He was a member of Haymount United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, where he was in business before retiring to Asheville to spend more time with his family. Floyd was an avid golfer and former member of Biltmore Forest Country Club, Hound Ears Club in Blowing Rock and board member of Highland Country Club in Fayetteville. He is survived by his wife, Linda Godwin Furr; a daughter, Lynn Kieffer and husband Bob of Asheville; and grandson, Wilson Kieffer of Atlanta. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, May 9, 2011, in St. Giles Chapel on the Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Center campus. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to CarePartners Hospice Fund, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813; the Deerfield Residency Fund, 1617 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803; or your local animal shelter. Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian of Arden is assisting the family, and the memorial register is available atgrocefuneralhome.com.Published in Fayetteville Observer on May 7, 2011
Endnotes
1. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
2. The Daily Record, Dunn, North Carolina, April 21, 1952.
3. The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville, North Carolina, May 7, 2011.
4. findagrave.com.