Individual Details

Marriage

News of the marriage of Miss Florence Howard and Mr. John Furr, of Fulton, Ala., came as a surprise even to her mother and family as no one surmised she contemplated marriage so soon. Since September Miss Howard had been assistant teacher in the public school at Fulton, and her many friends were looking forward to her home coming. She is attractive, intelligent and a thoroughly popular young woman in the social circles of this, her home town. Mr. Furr is a substantial business man, being held in general esteem by those who know him. Immediately after the marriage they left for a trip to New Orleans and from there they will go for a visit to his relatives at Wesson, Mississippi. Our best wishes and heartiest congratulations are extended.
The Tuskegee News, Tuskegee, Alabama, June 3, 1909

Death

John Anderson Furr, age 77, retired seven years ago after business contacts with the Dallas Sand & Gravel Co., in Plantersville, Ala., died at 10 p.m. Wednesday in a Selma Hospital. Mr. Furr had a wide and friendly acquaintance with a large number of people. He was liked by all who knew him. Funeral services took place at 10 a.m., Friday at the chapel of Breslin Service Funeral Home. The Rev. Ellis Andrews, pastor of Church Street Methodist Church officiating. Interment in New Live Oak Cemetery. Mr. Furr’s wife resides at 500 Mabry Street. Mrs. Furr was Miss Florence Howard of Tuskegee, Ala., they were married in 1909. Also surviving are 1 son, John A. Furr, Jr., Pascagoula, Miss., and 1 daughter, Mrs. Jefferson Davis (Mary Furniss Furr), of Montgomery and 2 grand children, 2 brothers and 1 sister. Pallbearers were: R. E. Ellzey, T. J. Smith, Stanley Pace, Willis Holloway, Harlan Brown and Herman Carr. Sympathy is extended the family in their great loss.
The Union-Banner, Clanton, Alabama, May 6, 1954