Individual Details

Death

The Shelby County Medical Examiner has been asked to rule on the cause of death of a 61-year-old retired man whose body was discovered in his home by a maid. The body of Clyde Herron Furr was found in the bedroom of his home at 1644 Goodbar shortly before 3:30 p.m., yesterday police said. Officer C. A. Hawk said Nettie Lawrence of 2022 Sparks, a maid who had come to the home, told him she found Furr in his bedroom. She said his head was hanging over the side of the bed and a .38-caliber revolver was on the floor nearby. Relatives said Furr had been undergoing treatment for lung cancer, Hawk said He was a retired City of Memphis Sanitation Department employee and an Air Force veteran of World War II. He leaves two brothers, Paul R. Furr and I.P. Furr, both of Memphis. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Mausoleum in Memorial Park, with entombment in the Mausoleum. Memorial Park Funeral Home will be in charge.

Military

Name: Clyde H Furr
Birth Year: 1918
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Tennessee
State: Tennessee
County or City: Shelby
Enlistment Date: 10 Oct 1942
Enlistment State: Georgia
Enlistment City: Fort Oglethorpe
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of high school
Marital Status: Single, with dependents
Height: 73
Weight: 160