Individual Details

Death

Etha Blanche Furr Burris, 88, of Albemarle passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2021 in her home. Her funeral service will be 3 PM Sunday, February 7, 2021 in Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Brannen Hooven and Elder Richard Broadway and Elder James Carelock officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Albemarle on Saturday evening from 4 until 6 PM.  Born October 27, 1932 in Stanly County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Craven Cephus Furr and Bessie Sides Furr. She was a member of Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church and was a homemaker.  Mrs. Burris was preceded in death by her husband Lawrence Arthur Burris Jr. and a son Lawrence Arthur Burris III. Survivors include daughter Rebecca McKeon and husband Eddie of Albemarle, sons Joseph Allen Burris and wife Rita of Albemarle, Mark Anthony Burris and wife Tina of Denton, two brothers Steve Furr and wife Judy of Sault Ste Marie, MI and Tommy Furr and wife Susan of Oakboro, sister Jean Carelock of Sumter, SC, 9 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by brother Eldridge Furr and sisters Louise Almond and Mary Frances Austin.