Individual Details
Raymond Nolen "Ray" FURR
(15 Jul 1913 - 2 Dec 1976)
Events
| Birth | 15 Jul 1913 | Tennessee | |||
| Occupation | 1940 | retail drug company table boy - Memphis, Shelby County, TN | |||
| Marriage | 22 Jun 1945 | Los Angeles County, CA - Rose Mary WALFE |  | ||
| Occupation | 1950 | printing plant photo engraver - Chicago, Cook County, IL | |||
| Death | 2 Dec 1976 | Rockford, Winnebago County, IL |  | | |
| Burial | Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, TN | | |||
| Military | in World War II | | |
Families
| Spouse | Rose Mary WALFE (1916 - ) |
| Child | Diana Joyce FURR (1954 - 1973) |
| Father | Isaac Morgan FURR (1882 - 1941) |
| Mother | Carrie Eva RUSHBROOK (1886 - 1977) |
| Sibling | Isaac Purnell FURR (1905 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Clyde Herron FURR (1918 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Paul Richard FURR (1922 - 2002) |
Notes
Death
Raymond N. Furr, 63, of Rockford, Ill, former engraver for Memphis Publishing Co., died yesterday in Rockford. He was an Episcopalian. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in Memorial Park. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Carrie Furr, and three brothers, Isaac Purnell Furr, Clyde H. Furr and Paul R. Furr, all of Memphis.The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, December 3, 1976
Military
Name: Raymond N FurrBirth Year: 1913
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Tennessee
State: U.S. At Large
Enlistment Date: 26 Aug 1941
Enlistment State: Illinois
Enlistment City: Fort Sheridan
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade Code: Private
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Selective Service within 3 months of Discharge 11 punch
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Photographer, Photoengraving
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 72
Weight: 144
Endnotes
1. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 28 November 2020.
2. The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, December 3, 1976.
3. findagrave.com.
4. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD..