Individual Details
Vernon Calvin FURR
(10 Nov 1924 - 5 Mar 1994)
Events
| Birth | 10 Nov 1924 | Stanly County, NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 4 Apr 1943 | Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, SC - Lillian Eloise POPLIN | |||
| Occupation | 1950 | cotton mill worker - Stanly County, NC | |||
| Death | 5 Mar 1994 | Stanly County, NC |  | | |
| Burial | Stanly Gardens Cemetery, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC | | |||
| Soc Sec No | 242-26-7675 | | |||
| Military | in World War II | | |
Families
| Spouse | Lillian Eloise POPLIN (1927 - 2018) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Shirla Curdette FURR (1953 - 2012) |
| Father | Levi E. FURR (1888 - 1966) |
| Mother | Eliza Jane POPLIN (1889 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Bessie Lee FURR (1910 - 1978) |
| Sibling | Flora Mae FURR (1911 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Zola Viola FURR (1913 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Horace Jasper FURR (1915 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Floyd Baxter FURR (1917 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Sarah Evelyn "Louise" FURR (1919 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Dewey Croson FURR (1920 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Annie Louise FURR (1923 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Mildred "Mick" FURR (1926 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Edith Pauline FURR (1928 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Peggy Jean FURR (1932 - ) |
Notes
Death
ALBEMARLE — Vernon Calvin Furr, 69, of Albemarle, died Saturday (March 5, 1994) at Mercy Hospital in Charlotte. Born Nov. 10, 1924, in Stanly County, he was the son of Levi and Liza Jane Poplin Furr. He was the owner and operator of the Ponderosa Fish House and was a member of South Albemarle Baptist Church. He served with the U.S Army in World War Il. Survivors include wife Eloise Poplin Furr of the home, son Gene Furr, Albemarle; daughter Shirley F. Winslow, Badin; brother Horace Furr, Albemarle; sisters Peggy Herrin, Oakboro; Mildred Cagle, New London; Evelyn Harris, Charlotte; Louise Mauldin, Albemarle; Mae Burleson, Albemarle; and seven grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Monday at South Albemarle Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. John D. Hoey and the Rev. Fred Hopkins. Burial will be in Stanly Garden of Memory with full military rites by the Stanly County DAV Drill Team. Visitation: 7-9 p.m. today at Stanly Funeral Home, where the body will remain until 30 minutes before the service.Military
Name: Vernon C FurrBirth Year: 1924
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: North Carolina
State: North Carolina
County or City: Stanly
Enlistment Date: 23 Jun 1944
Enlistment State: North Carolina
Enlistment City: Fort Bragg
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
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: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Automobile Serviceman
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 00
Weight: 100
Endnotes
1. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
2. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
3. findagrave.com.
4. United States Social Security Death Index.
5. 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..