Individual Details
Jonah Will FURR
(16 Mar 1871 - 18 Aug 1955)
Events
| Birth | 16 Mar 1871 | Cabarrus County, NC | |||
| Marriage | 23 Apr 1893 | Cabarrus County, NC - Clarice Annette "Nettie" OVERCASH |  | ||
| Marriage | 30 Nov 1918 | Harris County, TX - Letha Mae DIXON | | ||
| Death | 18 Aug 1955 | Houston, Harris County, TX |  | | |
| Alt name | Jonas Willis FURR | ||||
| Alt name | Joey Willis FURR | ||||
| Alt name | James W. FURR | ||||
| Burial | Earthman Resthaven Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, TX | |
Families
| Spouse | Clarice Annette "Nettie" OVERCASH (1874 - 1929) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Marvin Willis FURR (1899 - 1949) |
| Child | Lula Mae FURR (1898 - 1971) |
| Spouse | Letha Mae DIXON (1893 - 1955) |
| Father | Adam McDonald FURR (1840 - 1931) |
| Mother | Sarah Ann "Sallie" WIDENHOUSE (1842 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Martin Monroe FURR (1865 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Lonnie FURR (1865 - ) |
| Sibling | John Luther FURR (1866 - 1894) |
| Sibling | James A. FURR (1869 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Laura R. FURR (1873 - 1952) |
| Sibling | Nathaniel Franklin FURR (1875 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Paul McDonald FURR (1878 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Jackson FURR (1880 - ) |
| Sibling | Albert Pickney FURR (1881 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Gilbert FURR (1885 - 1885) |
Notes
Death
Relatives and friends in Cabarrus have received word of the deaths of Joey Willis Furr, 84, and his wife, Mrs. Leatha Furr, which occurred within an hour on August 17. Mrs. W. F. Eddlemah, Daily Independent correspondent, reported that she received word of the deaths from Mrs. A. E. Oldham of Route 1, Chanrien View, Texas, a suburb of Houston. Mr. Furr is survived by one son, Arthur Furr, of Severna Park, Md.; a daughter, Mrs. Lula Fry of Concord; two brothers. P. M., and A. P. Furr of Concord; two step-children; a number of grandchildren, step-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Mr. Furr left North Carolina 50 years ago and spent some 30 years in Houston, Texas. His first wife, Mrs. Clarriss Annette Overcash Furr of Cabarrus County, died a number of years ago. He was born March 27, 1871, son of Adam MacDonald Furr and Mrs. Sarah Ann Widenhouse Furr.The Daily Independent, Kannapolis, North Carolina, September 28, 1955
Endnotes
1. North Carolina County Marriages, 1762-1979. Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org.
2. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXMS-MXY : 22 December 2016).
3. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit..
4. findagrave.com.