Individual Details

John Henry FURR

(9 Sep 1909 - 22 Jan 1985)

Events

Birth9 Sep 1909Stanly County, NC
Occupation1950cotton mill dolpher - Stanly County, NC
Death22 Jan 1985Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
MarriageBertha Lee EUDY
BurialBear Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Soc Sec No244-18-2424

Families

SpouseBertha Lee EUDY (1912 - 2004)
ChildKenneth Henry FURR (1936 - 2021)
ChildLiving
FatherPaul DeBerry "Berry" FURR (1883 - 1967)
MotherMattie Jane PAGE (1890 - 1947)
SiblingBertha Lee FURR (1911 - 1999)
SiblingDora Belle FURR (1914 - 1998)
SiblingBessie Mae FURR (1916 - 2003)
SiblingArthur James FURR (1923 - 2004)
SiblingPaul Junior FURR (1927 - 1982)

Notes

Death

ALBEMARLE — John Henry Furr, 75, of Route 3, died Tuesday in Cabarrus Memorial Hospital in Concord. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Bear Creek Primitive Baptist Church, conducted by Elder C.S. Mills and Elder Ted Morton. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will be at Hartsell Funeral Home in Albemarle tonight from 7 to 9. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service. Born Sept 9, 1909, in Stanly County, he was a son of the late Paul Deberry and Mattie Page Furr. He was retired from Cannon Mills Co. in Concord. Survivors include his wife, Bertha Eudy Furr; a son, Kenneth H. Furr of Albemarle, a daughter, Mrs. Hal Harwood of Route 3, Albemarle, a brother, Arthur J. Furr of Route 6, Albemarle; three sisters, Bertha Speights, Route 4, Albemarle, Dora Beil Helms of Concord, and Bessie Almond of Route 1, Stanfield; and four grandchildren.

Endnotes

1. WWII Registration Draft Cards. 414 boxes. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926–1975, RG 147. The National Archives at Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia..

2. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.

3. United States Social Security Death Index.