Individual Details
Lester Able "L.A." FURR
(5 Feb 1911 - 26 Apr 1985)
Events
| Birth | 5 Feb 1911 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 18 Aug 1934 | York County, SC - Ardenia Blake BENTON | |||
| Occupation | 1950 | construction painter - Mecklenburg County, NC | |||
| Death | 26 Apr 1985 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC |  | | |
| Alt name | Lester Abel FURR | ||||
| Soc Sec No | 246-09-5916 | | |||
| Burial | Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Ardenia Blake BENTON (1920 - 1989) |
| Child | Lester Able "Dody" FURR Jr. (1935 - 2003) |
| Child | Janet Carol FURR (1937 - 2013) |
| Child | Peggy Sue FURR (1938 - 2020) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Edith Diane FURR (1945 - 2009) |
| Child | Arthur Paul "Pod" FURR (1946 - 2014) |
| Child | Robert Stephen "Steve" FURR (1948 - 2014) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Jimmy Michael "Mike" FURR (1951 - 2016) |
| Child | Donald Blake "Donnie" FURR (1953 - 2022) |
| Father | Henry Rufus FURR (1879 - 1937) |
| Mother | Rose Etta PERRY (1881 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Lemuel Rufus FURR (1900 - 1962) |
| Sibling | George Mathias FURR (1902 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Roy Allen FURR (1904 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Alfred Shuler FURR (1906 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Robert Daniel FURR (1909 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Arthur Jennings FURR (1913 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Etta Lou Frances FURR (1916 - 1984) |
| Sibling | John Henry FURR (1918 - 1972) |
Notes
Death
Mr. Lester Abel Furr, 75, of 2557 Eastway Dr. died Friday at Presbyterian Hospital of a respiratory ailment. Funeral is 12:30 p.m. Monday at McEwen Funeral Home, West Chapel. Burial will be in Sharon Memorial Park. Mr. Furr was a painting contractor. He was a Mecklenburg County native. Survivors are wife, Ardenia; sons, Lester Furr Jr. of North Myrtle Beach, Tim Furr, Rick Furr, Steve Furr, Arthur Furr, Ronnie Furr, Mike Furr, Donnie Furr; daughters, Mrs. Judy Mills of Loris, S.C., Mrs. Janet King, Mrs. Peggy McGee, Mrs. Diane Foy; 28 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Visitation is 3 to 5 p.m, today at McEwen, West Chapel.The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 28, 1985
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 Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
3. United States Social Security Death Index.
4. findagrave.com.