Individual Details
Ruby Thomasine "Snokkie" FURR
(23 Sep 1927 - 20 Oct 2009)
Events
| Birth | 23 Sep 1927 | Picayune, Pearl River County, MS | |||
| Marriage | 29 Aug 1947 | John Hollie BLACKWELL Jr. | |||
| Death | 20 Oct 2009 | Dallas, Dallas County, TX |  |
Families
| Spouse | John Hollie BLACKWELL Jr. (1927 - 2006) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Jesse Ryals FURR (1888 - 1959) |
| Mother | Ruby Edna THORNHILL (1894 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Jessie Mae FURR (1918 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Blanche Christine FURR (1921 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Iva Loy FURR (1923 - 2019) |
| Sibling | Charleen F. FURR (1930 - 2022) |
| Sibling | David Alvin FURR (1935 - 2018) |
Notes
Death
SHERMAN - Ruby Thomasine Furr Blackwell, 83, of Sherman and formerly of Oklahoma City, died on Oct. 20, 2009, at Dallas LTAC Hospital. Born and raised in Picayune, Miss., she married her high school sweetheart John Blackwell in August 1947. She was his lifelong companion and supporter and loving mother to their three children. She was loved and cherished by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and leaves behind many fond memories of her grace, poise and loving kindness. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jesse Ryals Furr and Ruby Thornhill Furr, and her husband, John Hollie Blackwell Jr. Survivors include daughters, Virginia Brooks of Howe, and Charlotte Solnok of Tulsa, Okla.; son, John Blackwell of Monmouth, Ore.; sisters, Christine Carsley of Madison, Miss., Iva Loy Chambers of Hattiesburg, Miss. and Charleen Schrock of Picayune, Miss.; a brother, David A. Furr of Monroe, La.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church of Sherman.The Herald Democrat, October 23, 2009