Individual Details

Laura Lee ANDERSON

(10 Jan 1896 - 19 Jan 1989)

Mother of an infant son born and died in 1926 and of two adopted daughters, Beverly Baird and Mary Amanda Manning. She graduated from Silliman College in Clinton, LA. She taught in the high schools of the Mississippi Delta. Mrs. Furr was among the founders of the Hollandale Presbyterian Church, where she was elected to honorary life membership in the Women of the Church.

Events

Birth10 Jan 1896Mississippi
Marriage14 Jun 1923Wilkinson County, MS - Clinton Lafayette FURR
Death19 Jan 1989Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
Soc Sec No425-68-0845
BurialHollandale Cemetery, Hollandale, Washington County, MS

Families

SpouseClinton Lafayette FURR (1898 - 1980)
ChildMary Amanda KNIGHT (1919 - 2004)
ChildFURR (1926 - 1926)
ChildBeverly FURR (1933 - 2009)
FatherThad N. Lafayette ANDERSON (1849 - 1907)
MotherLaura T. LUSK (1855 - 1933)

Notes

Death

HOLLANDALE — Mrs. Laura Lee Anderson Furr, 93, former high school teacher, died Thursday at Guest House Nursing Home in Baton Rouge, La., after a long illness. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hollandale Cemetery. Boone Funeral Home of Leland has charge. She was a founding member of Hollandale Presbyterian Church with an honorary life membership in the Women of the Church. Mrs. Furr, the widow of Clinton L. Furr, leaves two daughters, Mrs. Beverly F. Baird and Ms. Mary Amanda Manning, both of Greenville, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any memorials be made to Hollandale Presbyterian Church.
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, January 21, 1989

Endnotes

1. Hunting For Bears, comp. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records..

2. The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee.

3. United States Social Security Death Index.

4. findagrave.com.