Individual Details

Whereay Conner "Jack" FURR

(11 Dec 1898 - 2 Feb 1962)

Events

Birth11 Dec 1898Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
Marriage13 Jun 1931Franklin, Simpson Counry, KY - Etta EWING
Occupation1940cotton mill doffer - Chester, Chester County, SC
Marriage26 Sep 1958Chester County, SC - Margaret Elizabeth HUDSON
Death2 Feb 1962Columbia, Richland County, SC
Alt nameWharey C. FURR
Alt nameWherry Conner FURR
BurialEvergreen Cemetery, Chester, Chester County, SC
Militaryin World War I

Families

SpouseEtta EWING (1896 - 1958)
ChildOtis Leroy FURR (1921 - 1954)
SpouseMargaret Elizabeth HUDSON ( - )
FatherJohn C. FURR (1870 - 1907)
MotherLouise E. STARNES (1870 - )
SiblingLester James FURR (1893 - 1955)
SiblingLiving
SiblingLenard H. "Len" FURR (1896 - 1907)
SiblingWilliam FURR (1901 - 1919)
SiblingLeila Mae FURR (1905 - 1991)
SiblingRobert Lee FURR (1907 - 1976)

Notes

Death

CHESTER — Wherry C. (Jack) Furr, 62, died Friday afternoon at a veterans hospital in Columbia after four years of illness. He was a native of Concord, N.C., a son of the late John C. and Dolly Starnes Furr. He was a member of Westside Baptist Church and the American Legion. He was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret Hudson Furr; a brother, Robert Furr of Rock Hill; and a sister, Miss Lela Furr of Chester. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at Westside Baptist Church by Rev. V. H. Elliott. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery with military rites. Wright's Home for Funerals is in charge.

Military

SOUTH CAROLINA
PFC CO G 118 INF 
30 DIVISION 
WORLD WAR I

Endnotes

1. "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DX-Q1FB : 22 July 2021).

2. South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965. Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.

3. findagrave.com.