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Lee Wilson "Buddy" FURR

(9 May 1950 - 2 May 1976)

A dedication--to my brother-in-law, Lee Wilson "Buddy" Furr. I never met Buddy. He died young, in 1976, way before I crossed paths with any of the Furrs. He was well-loved. This I know. I know a few more things about him too. Just a few things I've gleaned from family lore and loving stories and photographs. He was happy and tremendously handsome. He traveled around Europe, rented an apartment in France in his late teens/early 20s, and he eventually moved back to the states and married a pretty girl from the American south, named Tweety. And one more thing: Buddy Furr was a fan of the Incredible String Band. How does a fellow born in a small, conservative North Carolina town find his way to a sonic kinship with the trippiest group of hippies ever to sit cross-legged on a filthy Persian run with a sitar, guitars, castanets, bongos, harpsichord, and chimes while making songs about nature, folklore, light, mysticism, and looking within.....oh, I DON'T KNOW! That's what makes it so curious! Even if his taste in music was the least significant thing about him.....by God, it's endlessly fascinating. In any case, the hows and whys are lost to history. Or are perhaps archived within the vast memory of Buddy's brother, Dan--the family record-keeper. Perhaps Dan Furr will weigh-in on this someday. So, Buddy Furr: brother, son, husband, racer of catamarans, builder of wooden furniture and model sailboats, and fan of Incredible String Band--oh, man I wish I could've known him in this life. I imagine the sensitive souls, like Buddy--with eyes and ears for beautiful things-- only stay here as long as they need to, and leave so they can continue their fantastic groove somewhere else forever. I can't prove it, but I believe it more and more every day. It's a nice thing to imagine anyway.
Libby

Events

Birth9 May 1950Catawba County, NC
Marriage1 Jul 1974Florence, Florence County, SC - Claudine McLeod "Tweety" EGERTON
Death2 May 1976Lake Robinson, Greer, Greenville County, SC
BurialFlorence Memorial Gardens, Florence, Florence County, SC

Families

SpouseClaudine McLeod "Tweety" EGERTON (1954 - 1976)
FatherLee Roy FURR (1925 - 2013)
MotherDarlene "Dot" WILSON (1931 - 2024)
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