Individual Details
Ransom Hunter FURR
(18 Nov 1919 - 11 Jun 1994)
Events
| Birth | 18 Nov 1919 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC |  | ||
| Occupation | 1940 | candy factory candy maker - Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC | |||
| Marriage | 18 Apr 1947 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC - Bernice Georgia NEWTON | | ||
| Death | 11 Jun 1994 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC |  | | |
| Marriage | Corinna Louise JACOBS | ||||
| Soc Sec No | 240-14-6809 | | |||
| Burial | Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Corinna Louise JACOBS (1925 - 1991) |
| Spouse | Bernice Georgia NEWTON (1926 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Lewis Whitson FURR (1890 - 1968) |
| Mother | Bertie LuNena "Nina" HOLTZCLAW (1897 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Ruth Joannah FURR (1916 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Dorothy Eve "Dot" FURR (1917 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Gloria Frances FURR (1922 - 2004) |
| Sibling | Betty Sue FURR (1926 - 2011) |
| Sibling | Jon Wesley FURR (1936 - 2020) |
Notes
Death
Mr. Ransom Hunter Furr, 73, of 400 Short St., Matthews, died June 11, 1994, at Presbyterian Hospital. Funeral is 2 p.m. Tuesday at Matthews Church of God, Matthews. Burial will be in Sharon Memorial Park. Visitation is 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at McEwen Funeral Home, Mint Hill chapel. Mr. Furr, a Charlotte native, was a Terminix employee and retired in 1967 from the Navy after 25 years. Survivors are his sons, Mike Furr of Greenville, S.C., Arnold Furr of Malibu Beach, Calif.; brother, John Furr; sisters, Mrs. Dorothy McGraw of Mint Hill, Mrs. Gloria Cook of Atlanta, Mrs. Betty Sue Williams of Siler City; stepson, Butch Salsedo of Monroe; stepdaughters, Mrs. Rebecca Woodruff, Mrs. Teddie Rollins, both of Matthews, Mrs. Jerrie Brown of Fayetteville, Mrs. Trudy Sperling, Mrs. Janis Query; 17 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Matthews Church of God, 517 E. John St., P.O. Box 1666, Matthews, N.C. 28106.The Charlotte Observer Charlotte, North Carolina, June 12, 1994
Endnotes
1. WWII Registration Draft Cards. 414 boxes. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926–1975, RG 147. The National Archives at Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia..
2. North Carolina County Marriages, 1762-1979. Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org.
3. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
4. United States Social Security Death Index.
5. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).