Individual Details
Leonard M. FURR
(25 Jan 1897 - 26 Jun 1978)
World War I draft registration made in Port Arthur, Texas.
Events
| Birth | 25 Jan 1897 | McBride, Jefferson County, MS |  | ||
| Occupation | 1950 | construction company boiler maker - Ajo, Pima County, AZ | |||
| Death | 26 Jun 1978 | Jackson, Hinds County, MS |  | | |
| Marriage | Mary M. MCFATTER | ||||
| Burial | McBride Cemetery, McBride, Jefferson County, MS | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary M. MCFATTER (1898 - 1974) |
| Father | David Lott FURR (1869 - 1946) |
| Mother | Cora L. LEONARD (1873 - 1900) |
| Sibling | David Dewitt FURR (1894 - 1954) |
Notes
Death
PORT GIBSON — Leonard M. Furr died Monday in St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson after a lengthy illness. He was 81. He was a native of Union Church and had lived in Jefferson County most of his life. He was a Baptist and a member of the Builder’s Chapter No. 354 Order of Eastern Star. Services are scheduled today at 3 p.m. in the Guion Funeral Chapel with Rev. Robert Carr officiating. Burial will be in the McBride Cemetery in Jefferson County. Mr. Furr is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Zoe Nelda Squire of Anaheim, Calif; two grandchildren; two great- grandchildren. Pallbearers will be members of John A. Galbreath Masonic Lodge No. 334.The Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 28, 1978
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration..
2. The Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
3. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).