Individual Details
Ruby Edna THORNHILL
(10 Feb 1894 - 26 Feb 1992)
Events
| Birth | 10 Feb 1894 | Picayune, Pearl River County, MS | |||
| Marriage | 21 Dec 1915 | Jesse Ryals FURR |  | ||
| Death | 26 Feb 1992 | Hattiesburg, Forrest County, MS |  | | |
| Burial | New Palestine Cemetery, Picayune, Pearl River County, MS | |
Families
| Spouse | Jesse Ryals FURR (1888 - 1959) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Jessie Mae FURR (1918 - 2009) |
| Child | Blanche Christine FURR (1921 - 2010) |
| Child | Iva Loy FURR (1923 - 2019) |
| Child | Ruby Thomasine "Snokkie" FURR (1927 - 2009) |
| Child | Charleen F. FURR (1930 - 2022) |
| Child | David Alvin FURR (1935 - 2018) |
| Father | John Jones THORNHILL (1838 - 1916) |
| Mother | Christine SPIRES (1868 - 1923) |
Notes
Death
Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Picayune for Ruby Edna Thornhill Furr, 98, of Hattiesburg who died Feb. 26, 1992, in the Forrest General Hospital. Dr. Raymon Leake will officiate. Interment will be at New Palestine Cemetery in Picayune. Mrs. Thornhill, a native of Picayune, was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include five daughters, Charlene Furr Schrock of Picayune; Thomasine Furr Blackwell of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Ivaloy Furr Tolar of Pass Christian, Christine Furr Carsley of Canton and Jesse Mae Furr Scoggin of Baton Rouge; 7 sons, David A. Furr of Monroe, La., and John Bryce Furr of Baton Rouge; a sister, Marietta Pearl Mills of Picayune; 19 grandchildren rand 29 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at McDonald Funeral Home and from 9 a.m. Saturday until service time.Endnotes
1. Hunting For Bears, comp. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records..
2. The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 28, 1992.
3. findagrave.com.