Individual Details

Willie Mae FURR

(21 Dec 1902 - 21 May 1987)

Events

Birth21 Dec 1902Bradleyton, Crenshaw County, AL
Marriage15 Sep 1928Jefferson County, AL - Henry Alexander PURSLEY
Marriage15 May 1951Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ - Alexander Elijah WILKINS
Death21 May 1987Gilbert, Maricopa County, AZ
BurialCity of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ

Families

SpouseHenry Alexander PURSLEY (1899 - 1944)
SpouseAlexander Elijah WILKINS (1902 - 1998)
FatherWilliam Jena "Will" FURR (1873 - 1960)
MotherLula Belle WATSON (1883 - 1966)
SiblingAnnie Esther Dea FURR (1901 - 1987)
SiblingBaxter FURR (1905 - 1908)
SiblingEssie FURR (1907 - 1994)
SiblingBarney E. Lawrence FURR (1909 - 1983)
SiblingJack Orman FURR (1911 - 1993)
SiblingJoe Owen Curtis FURR (1911 - 2007)
SiblingMargaret Eture FURR (1913 - 1999)
SiblingSusan FURR (1915 - 1915)
SiblingBrigham Wilson FURR (1916 - 2005)
SiblingTessie Beatrice FURR (1918 - 2002)
SiblingEathiel Callie "Eaf" FURR (1920 - 2002)
SiblingAthens Lamar FURR (1924 - 2007)

Notes

Death

Willie Mae Wilkins, 84, of Mesa, a retired restaurant manager, died May 21, 1987, at Mesa General Hospital Medical Center. She was born in Bradleyton, Ala. Survivors include her husband, Alexander Elijah; stepdaughters, Velma Hardin and Viola Goulding; and stepsons, Alan R. and Lavar R. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Bunker’s Garden Chapel, 33 N. Centennial Way. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Mesa Seventh Ward Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 977 E. Broadway, where friends may call at 9 a.m.
The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona, May 24, 1987

Endnotes

1. United States Social Security Death Index.

2. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-ZCP2 : Tue Mar 05 04:20:52 UTC 2024).

3. The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona.

4. clustrmaps.com.