Individual Details

Mellye Christian PIERCE

(14 Nov 1904 - 24 Sep 1997)

Mellye was a very dear and wonderful lady who was responsible for a lot of Furr family information. She had a stroke in 1993 and was unable to effectively communicate from that point. Her daughter, Erlene, has her records in Hollandale, Mississippi.

Events

Birth14 Nov 1904Pleasant Hill, Jefferson County, MS
Marriage23 Dec 1925Jefferson County, MS - Dewey Hobson FURR
Death24 Sep 1997Hollandale, Washington County, MS
Soc Sec No426-86-3916
BurialHollandale Cemetery, Hollandale, Washington County, MS

Families

SpouseDewey Hobson FURR (1897 - 1994)
ChildEllyn Erlene FURR (1926 - 2011)
ChildWillie Etta "Tincie" FURR (1929 - 2011)
ChildDewey Anderson "Buck" FURR (1934 - 2022)
ChildRichard Aden "Dick" FURR (1940 - 1962)
FatherAnderson Josiah PIERCE (1880 - 1944)
MotherEtta Sagatha DOUGLAS (1885 - 1927)

Notes

Death

ROLLING FORK - Mellye Pierce Furr, 92, homemaker and former teacher, died of heart failure Tuesday at Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Boone Funeral Home in Hollandale with burial in Hollandale City Cemetery. Mortimer Funeral Home in Greenville has charge. She had attended Teacher's School in Wesson and was a member of Delta City Baptist Church. Mrs. Furr, the widow of Dewey Furr, leaves two daughters, Erlene Clark of Hollandale and Etta 'Tincie' Westbrook of Mobile, Ala.; a son, D. A. 'Buck' Furr of Hollandale; a sister, Elva Abbott of Port Gibson; two brothers, H. A. Pierce of Bullhead City, Ariz., and A. J. Pierce of Twentynine Palms, Calif., nine grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Published in The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), September 25, 1997

Endnotes

1. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.

2. The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, September 25, 1997.

3. United States Social Security Death Index.

4. findagrave.com.