Individual Details
Jones Bernard FURR
(2 Dec 1909 - 24 Mar 1988)
Events
| Birth | 2 Dec 1909 | Barland, Claiborne County, MS |  | ||
| Marriage | 18 Aug 1937 | Shelby County, TN - Nettie Virginia CALHOUN | | ||
| Occupation | 1940 | civil engineer - Clarke County, MS | |||
| Marriage | Feb 1955 | Alyeen Pauline WALKER | |||
| Death | 24 Mar 1988 | Pascagoula, Jackson County, MS |  | | |
| Alt name | Gordon Bernard FURR | ||||
| Burial | Crestlawn Memorial Park, Ocean Springs, Jackson County, MS | | |||
| Soc Sec No | 428-82-6882 | | |||
| Military | in World War II | | |
Families
| Spouse | Alyeen Pauline WALKER (1909 - 2011) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | Nettie Virginia CALHOUN (1897 - 1954) |
| Father | Isaac Newton FURR Jr. (1866 - 1953) |
| Mother | Emma Eugenia JONES (1870 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Maurice Newton FURR (1890 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Lloyd Bertran FURR (1892 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Florence Virginia FURR (1893 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Willard Clayton FURR (1897 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Letha Fae FURR (1901 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Lela Mae FURR (1904 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Woodrow Wilson FURR (1912 - 1982) |
Notes
Death
Gautier – Jones Bernard Furr Sr. of Gautier died Thursday, March 24, 1988 in Pascagoula. Mr. Furr was a retired civil engineer in soil conservation with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and captain of the Corp of Engineers from 1942 until 1953. An Army veteran of World War II, he was awarded the American Campaign Victory Medal. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Gautier. Survivors include his wife, Pauline Walker Furr of Gautier: a son, J.B. Furr of Gautier; a daughter, Mrs. Clare Furr Depasquale of New Orleans; a sister, Lela Mae Furr of Gulfport; and two grandchildren. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at O’Bryant-O’Keefe Funeral Home in Pascagoula, where friends may call one hour before service time. Burial will follow at Crestlawn Cemetery in Ocean Springs.Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi, March 25, 1988
Military
Name: Jones B FurrBirth Year: 1909
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Mississippi
State: Mississippi
County or City: Lauderdale
Enlistment Date: 9 Dec 1942
Enlistment State: Mississippi
Enlistment City: Camp Shelby
Branch: Corps of Engineers
Branch Code: Corps of Engineers
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: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of college
Civil Occupation: Laboratory Technician, V-Mail Or Microfilm or Civil Engineer or Water Supply Engineer or Architectural Engineer or Agricultural Engineer or City Planner
Marital Status: Married
Height: 69
Weight: 146
Endnotes
1. United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KSP-S62F : 10 February 2023).
2. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 17 December 2020.
3. The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi.
4. Crestlawn Memorial Park http://www.rootsweb.com/~msosgs/osgensoc/crestlawncem.html.
5. United States Social Security Death Index.
6. 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..