Individual Details
James Monroe FURR
(10 Aug 1882 - 8 Aug 1966)
Events
| Birth | 10 Aug 1882 | Copiah County, MS |  | ||
| Marriage | 23 Dec 1907 | Copiah County, MS - Modena Susan "Maude" MIDDLETON | |||
| Occupation | 1910 | department store salesman - Wesson, Copiah County, MS | |||
| Occupation | 1920 | tailor - Magnolia, Pike County, MS | |||
| Occupation | 1930 | clothes presser - Magnolia, Pike County, MS | |||
| Occupation | 1940 | tailoring company salesman - Magnolia, Pike County, MS | |||
| Occupation | 1950 | department store salesman - Jackson, Hinds County, MS | |||
| Death | 8 Aug 1966 | Jackson, Hinds County, MS |  | | |
| Burial | Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, MS | | |||
| Soc Sec No | 425-28-9502 | |
Families
| Spouse | Modena Susan "Maude" MIDDLETON (1885 - 1967) |
| Child | Grace H. FURR (1908 - 1991) |
| Child | James Newton FURR (1909 - 2004) |
| Child | Janelle R. FURR (1913 - 2017) |
| Child | Linda L. FURR (1919 - 2000) |
| Child | Charles Ray FURR (1925 - 2010) |
| Father | Henry Hastings "Harry" FURR (1847 - 1930) |
| Mother | Malinda Larenia FARMER (1847 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Mary M. FURR (1870 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Henry T. G. FURR (1874 - ) |
| Sibling | William F. FURR (1876 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Martha FURR (1880 - 1906) |
| Sibling | P. Elizabeth FURR (1885 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Walter Lee FURR (1887 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Dora Francis FURR (1897 - ) |
Notes
Death
Funeral services for J. M. Furr, 83, of 139 South Sunset Terrace, wilI be conducted at 2 p m., Tuesday in Baldwin Chapel, with Dr. Allen O. Webb and Dr. Kermit Canterbury officiating. Mr. Furr died early Monday in a Jackson hospital after a brief illness. A native of Wesson, he had lived in Jackson for 18 years. He worked for Raymond McClinton Department Store until his retirement in 1959. He was a deacon over 40 years and a member of Daniel Memorial Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susan Middleton Furr, Jackson; two sons, James N. Furr, Jackson, and Charles Ray Furr, Canton; three daughters, Mrs. Grace Mejia and Mrs. Linda Blackmon, both of Jackson, and Mrs. Janelle Rushing, Morton; a brother, Walter L. Furr, Wesson; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds, Hattiesburg; 11 grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, August 9, 1966
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration..
2. The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, August 9, 1966.
3. findagrave.com.
4. United States Social Security Death Index.