Individual Details
Vance Lee FURR
(10 Feb 1916 - 12 Oct 1990)
Gary Furr states "My Uncle Vance performed with J.E. Mainer who was from Concord, and a quite famous early predecessor of bluegrass and old-time music. The Mainer Brothers’ music (including brother Wade, who just died at over 100 years) is mentioned in the august Bluegrass: A History by Neil Rosenberg (University of Illinois Press) I wrote a blog piece about Wade’s death here
http://garyfurr.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/wade-mainer-uncle-vance-and-this-old-guitar/ "
http://garyfurr.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/wade-mainer-uncle-vance-and-this-old-guitar/ "
Events
| Birth | 10 Feb 1916 | Matthews, Mecklenburg County, NC |  | ||
| Death | 12 Oct 1990 | Concord, Cabarrus County, NC |  | | |
| Marriage | Mary Magdelene "Madeline" HOUGH | ||||
| Marriage | Hazel Virginia CRAYTON | ||||
| Soc Sec No | 245-03-9073 | | |||
| Burial | Oakwood Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Hazel Virginia CRAYTON (1923 - 2008) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Vance Lee FURR Jr. (1945 - 2011) |
| Child | Nancy Lynn FURR (1951 - 2021) |
| Spouse | Mary Magdelene "Madeline" HOUGH (1921 - 1938) |
| Child | FURR (1938 - 1938) |
| Father | Allison Weaver FURR (1894 - 1965) |
| Mother | Nettie KEZIAH (1895 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Thaddeus Newton "Thad" FURR (1919 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Bruce Warren FURR (1921 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Rodney Forrest FURR (1923 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Paul Worth FURR (1925 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Sarah Lucile FURR (1928 - 1991) |
| Sibling | Dorothy Louise FURR (1931 - 2008) |
| Sibling | Allison Weaver "Bucky" FURR Jr. (1934 - ) |
| Sibling | Carolyn Jane FURR (1938 - 2022) |
Notes
Death
CONCORD — Vance Lee Furr, 74, of 107 Eva Drive, died on Friday, Oct. 12, 1990, at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Hartsell Funeral Home Chapel, Concord, conducted by the Rev. Kenion Coleman. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. The family will beat the funeral home on Saturday night from 6 to 8. Born Feb. 10, 1916, in Mecklenburg County, Furr was a son of the late Allison Weaver and Nettie Keziah Furr. He was a retired carpenter. Survivors include his wife, Hazel Crayton Furr; two daughters, Nancy Williams of Mount Holly and Rebecca Furr of Kannapolis; a son, Vance Lee Furr Jr. of Mount Holly; three sisters, Sarah Miller of Landis, Louise McAbee of Kannapolis and Carolyn Taylor of Spencer: three brothers, Rodney Furr of Danville, Va., Paul Furr of the Enochville community and A.W. Furr of Stone Mountain, five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.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.