Individual Details

Lela May FURR

(1 Oct 1904 - 22 Dec 1995)

Events

Birth1 Oct 1904Cabarrus County, NC
Marriage26 Apr 1941York County, SC - Lewis Daniel COOK
Death22 Dec 1995Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC
Marriage
Soc Sec No241-09-6367
BurialOakwood Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC

Families

SpouseLewis Daniel COOK (1902 - 1968)
ChildCatherine Marie FURR (1924 - 1988)
FatherMilas Luther "Lemmie" FURR (1874 - 1951)
MotherAda Belle GRAHAM (1884 - 1956)
SiblingCarrie Belle FURR (1906 - 1996)
SiblingElizabeth B. FURR (1907 - 1969)
SiblingSallie Minnie FURR (1909 - 1990)
SiblingJohn Franklin FURR (1910 - 1967)
SiblingMary Evelyn FURR (1914 - 2005)
SiblingBeulah V. FURR (1915 - 2005)

Notes

Death

CONCORD — Mrs. Lela Furr Cook, 91, formerly of Cedar Street, died Dec. 22, 1995, at Brian Center in Charlotte. Funeral is 2 p.m. Sunday in Wilkinson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Randy Clipp officiating. Burial is In Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends 1-2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. A native of Cabarrus County, she was born Oct. 1, 1904. She retired from Cannon Mills Plant No. 2 and was a member of Kerr Memorial Baptist Church. Mrs. Cook was preceded In death by her husband, Lewis Daniel Cook, and daughter, Katherine Furr Collier. Survivors include sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Taylor, Mrs. Beulah Proctor and Mrs. Carrie Barnhardt, all of Concord; grandson, Thomas Wane Collier of Indian Trail, granddaughter, Mrs. Kathy Craig of Harrisburg, and two great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Kerr Memorial Baptist Church, 25 Hwy. 49 South, Concord, NC 28025.
The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, December 23, 1995

Endnotes

1. North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979. Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 February 2020..

2. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.

3. findagrave.com.

4. United States Social Security Death Index.

5. findagrave.com.