Individual Details

Vernon Cornelius FURR

(15 Feb 1905 - 19 Jun 1988)

See Vernon Furr & "The Mighty Atom" Crystal Radio - Mesa Radio Pioneer
http://www.smecc.org/vernon_furr_mesa_az.htm

Events

Birth15 Feb 1905Bloomington, Stanly County, NC
Occupation1930electrician - Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ
Marriage16 Jun 1931Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ - Oneita KNIGHT
Occupation1950radio repair shop owner - Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ
Marriage2 Aug 1956Muriel Olive WALKER
Death19 Jun 1988Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
MarriageLiving
Soc Sec No527-01-0756
BurialCity of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ

Families

SpouseLiving
SpouseMuriel Olive WALKER (1916 - 2007)
SpouseOneita KNIGHT (1914 - 1947)
ChildVerneita FURR (1933 - 1986)
ChildRichard Melvin FURR (1936 - 2006)
ChildShirley Ann FURR (1938 - 2000)
ChildLiving
FatherGreen Paul "Dean" FURR (1879 - 1966)
MotherMary Catherine HATHCOCK (1881 - 1972)
SiblingCarl Jethro FURR (1903 - 1991)
SiblingEssie Elizabeth FURR (1907 - 1929)
SiblingRuth FURR (1909 - 1910)
SiblingCecil Ray FURR (1911 - 1987)
SiblingGreen Paul FURR Jr. (1913 - 1927)
SiblingMary FURR (1917 - 2006)
SiblingKenneth Quentin FURR (1919 - 1920)
SiblingEdgar Grant "Eddie" FURR (1921 - 1990)
SiblingJames Angus FURR (1926 - 1996)

Notes

Death

Vernon C. Furr, 83, Phoenix, former owner of Furr's Radio Shop in Mesa and movie projectionist for Metrocenter Cinemas, died June 19. Survived by wife, Muriel; son; two daughters; stepson; three stepdaughters; three brothers; sister; 21 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Meldrum Mortuary, Macdonald at First Street, Mesa.
Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona, June 21, 1988

Endnotes

1. The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona.

2. United States Social Security Death Index.

3. findagrave.com.