Individual Details

Death

Mrs. Martin Furr died at her home near Friendship Methodist Church, three miles from Mount Pleasant Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock and was buried Tuesday at Center Grove Methodist Church, her pastor, Rev. C. F. Sherrill, conducting the services. Mrs. Furr was in her 59th year. She was Miss Mary Jane Rhinehardt, and was married to Mr. Martin Furr April 15, 1875. She was the mother of 13 children, two of whom survive her, Frank and Henry Furr. She is also survived by there brothers, Martin, James and William Rhinehardt and one sister, Mrs. John Dry, of Concord. Mrs. Furr, in her last illness, joined the Methodist Church. She was conscious of the approaching end and with calm faith she expressed her readiness for the departures.
The Concord Times, Concord, North Carolina, March 5, 1914