Individual Details

Jettie Bell FURR

(10 Mar 1920 - 19 Jul 1984)

Events

Birth10 Mar 1920Stanly County, NC
Marriage27 Apr 1946Stanly County, NC - Jonah Dickson "JD" MORTON
Occupation1950clothing store salesperson - Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Death19 Jul 1984Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC
BurialFairview Memorial Park, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC

Families

SpouseJonah Dickson "JD" MORTON (1925 - 1999)
ChildLiving
FatherPrince Alexander FURR (1888 - 1968)
MotherCarrie Ila BYRD (1893 - 1971)
SiblingWilliam Belvin "Pee Wee" FURR (1913 - 2004)
SiblingOdessa FURR (1914 - 1914)
SiblingMarvin Deamus FURR (1915 - 1984)
SiblingThaddeus Alexander "Thad" FURR (1917 - 2012)
SiblingRayvon Elbert FURR (1918 - 2007)
SiblingIrene Janet FURR (1921 - 1997)

Notes

Death

ALBEMARLE — Jettie Furr Morton, 64, of 4905 Cottonwood Drive, Fayetteville, a native of Stanly County, died Thursday at her home. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Hartsell Funeral Home, Lefler Memorial Chapel, Albemarle, conducted by the Rev. James Seales, pastor of Fayetteville Grace Baptist Church. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. The body will remain at the funeral home until the service. Born March 10, 1920, in Stanly County, she was a daughter of the late Prince A. and Carrie Byrd Furr. She was a homemaker and a member of Grace Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband,J.D. Morton; a son, Timothy Morton of the home; four brothers, Belvin, Marvin and Thad Furr, all of Albemarle, and Rayvon Furr of New London; a sister, Irene Brantley of San Bernadino, Calif.; and a half sister, Gladys Gobble of Albemarle.

Endnotes

1. "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CTMK-KW2M : 4 April 2020).

2. North Carolina County Marriages, 1762-1979. Database with images.  FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org.

3. Salisbury Evening Post, Salisbury, North Carolina, July 20, 1984.

4. findagrave.com.