Individual Details
Ralph Cyris FURR
(1 Jan 1917 - 13 Dec 1995)
Events
| Birth | 1 Jan 1917 | Cabarrus County, NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Oct 1940 | York County, SC - Jeanette KENNEDY | | ||
| Occupation | 1950 | cotton mill weaver - Stanly County, NC | |||
| Death | 13 Dec 1995 | Concord, Cabarrus County, NC |  | | |
| Soc Sec No | 242-03-5795 | | |||
| Military | in World War II | | | ||
| Burial | Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Jeanette KENNEDY (1920 - 1983) |
| Child | Janet Marie FURR (1942 - 2014) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Jonah Alonzo FURR (1874 - 1946) |
| Mother | Daisy D. KISER (1885 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Kenneth Cicero FURR (1907 - 2008) |
| Sibling | Homer Clyde FURR (1909 - 1977) |
| Sibling | Glenn Edward FURR (1912 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Blanche Pauline FURR (1914 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Lois Odessa FURR (1919 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Hilda Louise FURR (1922 - 2011) |
| Sibling | Earnest Julius FURR (1924 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Helen Marie FURR (1929 - 2013) |
Notes
Death
CONCORD — Ralph Cyris Furr, 78, 52 Roberta Road, Wednesday (Dec. 13, 1995), Cabarrus Memorial Hospital. Born Jan 1, 1917, in Stanly County, Furr is a son of the late Jonah L. and Daisy Kiser Furr. Retired from Cannon Mills Co., he was employed by CutRite Upholstery for 14 years. A member of First Evangelical Methodist Church, Kannapolis, he was a U.S. Army World War II veteran. His wife, Jeanette Kennedy Furr, died Dec. 8, 1983. Survivors include son Ralph C. Furr Jr., New London; daughters Susan Winters, North Wilkesboro, Janet Gray, Kannapolis, and Lori Proffitt, Concord, brothers Ernest “Curley” Furr, Fayetteville, and K.C. Furr, Carolina Beach; sisters Helen Furr, Charlotte, Hilda Beaver, China Grove, and Blanch Mason and Lois Furr, both of Concord; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, First Evangelical Methodist Church, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Billy Carey and the Rev. Brian Hammond. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30. Burial at Carolina Memorial Park. Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on Roberta Road Memorials: First Evangelical Methodist Church, 212 Prince St., Kannapolis, NC 2808.Military
Name: Ralph C FurrBirth Year: 1917
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: North Carolina
State: North Carolina
County or City: Cabarrus
Enlistment Date: 28 Jun 1945
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: Electrician, Sound Transmission
Marital Status: Married
Height: 00
Weight: 100
Endnotes
1. WWII Registration Draft Cards. 414 boxes. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926–1975, RG 147. The National Archives at Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia..
2. North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979. Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 February 2020..
3. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
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..
6. findagrave.com.