Individual Details

Marriage

Marriage license for Prince A. FURR and Carrie BYRD

"State of North Carolina
Stanly County Office of Register of Deeds
Oct. 19th 1912

"To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination, or any Justice
of the Peace of said County:
Lo__lla Byrd [first name illegible] having applied to me for a LICENSE


for the marriage of Prince A Furr, of Albemarle N.C., aged 24 years,
color white, the son of Marshall Furr and L. J. Furr, the father now
living, the mother dead, resident of P____ton N.C., and Carrie Byrd, of
Albemarle N.C., aged 18 years, color white, daughter of Thos Byrd and
Martha Byrd, the father living, the mother living, resident of
Montgomery Co. N.C.

J.M. Boyett, Register of Deeds"

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Death

Furr Funeral Held Monday. Final rites for Mrs. Carrie Byrd Furr, 77, of Route 1, Albemarle, were conducted at 3 p.m. Monday in West Albemarle Baptist Church, wehre she was a member, by Rev. Edgar Whitlock and Rev. C. R. Hinton. Mrs. Furr died Saturday morning at her home. She is survived by four sons, Belvin W. Furr, Marvin D. Furr, and Thaddeus A. Furr, all of Albemarle, and Rayvon Furr of New London; two daughters, Mrs. J. D. Morton of Fayetteville and Mrs. Roy Brantley of San Bernardino, California; one step-daughter, Mrs. Gladys Gobble of Albemarle; three sisters, Mrs. W. Tom Hold of New London and Mrs. Jerome Austin and Mrs. Bertie Gibson of Albemarle; 14 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. She was the daughter of the late Thomas C. and Martha Harris Byrd of Montgomery County and was born July 4, 1893. Her husband, Prince O. Furr, preceded her in death. Pallbearers were Alex Furr, Captain Ken Furr, Tommy Furr, Johnny Furr, Tim Morton and Rodney Brantley. Burial was in Fairview Memorial Park.