Individual Details
Homer Monroe FURR
(18 Dec 1921 - 20 Feb 2007)
Events
| Birth | 18 Dec 1921 | Stanly County, NC |  | ||
| Occupation | 1950 | cloth bleachery worker - Cabarrus County, NC | |||
| Divorce | 1963 | Beulah E. KEPLEY | | ||
| Death | 20 Feb 2007 | Albemarle, Stanly County, NC |  | | |
| Marriage | Beulah E. KEPLEY | ||||
| Military | in World War II | | | ||
| Soc Sec No | 240-20-7047 | | |||
| Burial | Bear Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Beulah E. KEPLEY (1926 - ) |
| Father | Phillip Monroe FURR (1884 - 1955) |
| Mother | Laura Jane FURR (1889 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Ellis James FURR (1909 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Ethel Lee FURR (1910 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Sarah Jane FURR (1912 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Maggie Leen FURR (1913 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Dorsie Mae FURR (1915 - 2011) |
| Sibling | Mary Lou FURR (1916 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Florence Beatrice FURR (1918 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Ruth Virginia FURR (1919 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Edna Ramelle FURR (1923 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Bethany FURR (1925 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Ernest Theodore FURR (1926 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Jay Dois FURR (1929 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Gurley FURR (1932 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Hurley FURR (1932 - 1932) |
Notes
Death
ALBEMARLE -- Homer Monroe Furr, 85, died February 20, 2007. Funeral 2 PM Friday at Bear Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Interment in church cemetery. Visitation 6-8 PM Thursday at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle. Published in the Charlotte Observer on 2/21/2007.Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 — Homer Monroe Furr, 85, of 31618 Clete Road, Albemarle, died at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007, in Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday with a 30-minute state in Bear Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Elder Rommie Williams will officiate and burial will be in Bear Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Military honors will be conducted by Stanly County DAV Chapter 12. Born Dec. 18, 1921, in Stanly County, he was a son of the late Phillip Monroe and Laura Jane Furr Furr and was a retired cloth winder. Two brothers, Ellis Furr and Ernest Furr, and six sisters, Ethel Eudy, Maggie Lean Furr, Sarah Jane Furr, Florence Eudy, Ruth Almond and Edna Robinson, preceded him in death. He is survived by a brother, J. Dois Furr of Albemarle; two sisters, Dorsie Furr of Albemarle and Mary Lou Eudy of Locust; and a number of nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hartsell Funeral Home in Albemarle. At other times they will meet at his home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle, NC 28001, or Bear Creek Primitive Baptist Church, 200 Holt Road, Albemarle, NC 28001.
The Stanly News and Press, Stanly County, North Carolina, February 23, 2007
Military
Name: Homer M FurrBirth Year: 1921
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: North Carolina
State: North Carolina
County or City: Stanly
Enlistment Date: 31 Oct 1942
Enlistment State: South Carolina
Enlistment City: Camp Croft
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of high school
Civil Occupation: Geographer
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 128
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. The Charlotte News, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 5, 1963.
3. The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, February 21, 2007.
4. The Stanly News and Press, Stanly County, North Carolina, February 23, 2007.
5. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD..
6. United States Social Security Death Index.
7. findagrave.com.