Individual Details

Bishop Morrow FURR

(9 Jan 1908 - 6 Jan 1981)

Events

Birth9 Jan 1908Stanly County, NC
Marriage11 Jul 1936Randolph County, NC - Sarah Kathleen MORRIS
Marriage1945Pearl HARVELL
Death6 Jan 1981Troy, Montgomery County, NC
Alt nameBishop Marion
Soc Sec No239-26-6304
BurialMount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery, Troy, Montgomery County, NC

Families

SpouseSarah Kathleen MORRIS (1919 - 1944)
ChildLiving
SpousePearl HARVELL (1925 - 2015)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherElim Cornelius FURR (1872 - 1939)
MotherMollie SHEPPARD (1870 - 1946)
SiblingMartha J. "Mattie" FURR (1891 - 1937)
SiblingJohn Grover C. "Johny" FURR (1893 - 1898)
SiblingMinnie Lou FURR (1895 - 1991)
SiblingAnna Belle FURR (1897 - 1977)
SiblingClaude Junior FURR (1901 - 1983)
SiblingLavada FURR (1903 - 1971)
SiblingMerritt Bracie FURR (1905 - 1932)
SiblingRuth J. FURR (1911 - )
SiblingGrace Wilmer FURR (1914 - 2002)
SiblingPearlie Mae FURR (1917 - 1969)

Notes

Death

TROY — Services for Bishop Morrow Furr, 72, were to be at 2 p.m. today at Mount Carmel Baptist Church. Furr died Tuesday. Surviving are his wife, Pearl; two sons, Larry of Denton and Bobby of Albemarle; two daughters, Mrs. Joyce McIntyre of Florence, S.C., and Mrs. Debbie Thompson of Troy; a brother, Claude of Fayetteville; and two sisters, Mrs. Grace Flowers of Lumberton and Mrs. Minnie Fulp of Winston-Salem. Pugh-Troy Funeral Home is in charge.
The Charlotte News, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 8, 1981

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 Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007..

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

4. United States Social Security Death Index.

5. findagrave.com.