Individual Details
Mary Lanora "Nora" WHITESIDE
(18 Oct 1861 - 5 Dec 1932)
Family bible and records (Bible spells name Lenorah and says born 19 Oct 1860; Ebenezer Methodist Cemetery headstone (says born 18 Oct 1861).
Events
| Birth | 18 Oct 1861 | Pontotoc County, MS | |||
| Marriage | 16 Feb 1882 | Union County, MS - Henry Clay FURR | |||
| Death | 5 Dec 1932 | Memphis, Shelby County, TN |  |  | |
| Burial | Ebenezer Cemetery, Myrtle, Union County, MS | |
Families
| Spouse | Henry Clay FURR (1852 - 1926) |
| Child | Bessie Leone FURR (1883 - 1936) |
| Child | Robert Lamar "Root" FURR (1884 - 1969) |
| Child | Lula Blanche FURR (1886 - 1948) |
| Child | Caleb Henderson FURR (1889 - 1934) |
| Child | Hester Viola FURR (1891 - 1949) |
| Child | Maude May FURR (1893 - 1897) |
| Child | Mary Elisabeth FURR (1896 - 1970) |
| Child | Augustus "Gus" FURR (1898 - 1975) |
| Child | Effie Belle FURR (1901 - 1972) |
| Child | Ethel Lucille FURR (1904 - 1977) |
| Father | Samuel Anderson Henderson WHITESIDE (1831 - 1902) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Jane SIMPSON (1830 - 1909) |
| Sibling | James Marion WHITESIDE (1858 - 1935) |
Notes
Death
HICKORY FLAT, Dec. 7—Mrs. Nora Whiteside Furr, 66, widow of the late Henry O. Furr of this place died at the home of a son, Guss Furr, Memphis, after a very brief illness. Mrs. Furr was a member of an old and prominent family, which has resided in this sect!on for over a half century. She was a devout member of the Methodist church. Her body was shipped here for burial, the funeral services having been conducted by her pastor, the Rev. George H. Ledbetter at the old family church, Ebenezer. Burial was made in the Ebenezer cemetery. Surviving are three sons, Robert Furr, Hickory Fiat; Caleb Furr, Pontotoc; Guss Furr, Memphis; and six daughters, Mrs. Lula Williams. Mrs. Effle Tuttle, Memphis; and Mrs. Hester Wilder, Belden; Mrs. Leone Wilder, New Albany. Mrs. Mary Sheppard, Oklahoma City, Okla; Mrs. Lucile Jones, Tupelo.The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, December 9, 1932
Endnotes
1. The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, December 9, 1932.
2. Ronald A. Bradley http://www.rootsweb.com/~msunion/cem2/ebenezer_methodist.htm.