Individual Details

Marriage

Cynthia Yeats and Hal Furr of the Lost Colony Choir married in ceremony at high noon the Manteo Baptist Church was the setting on Monday, July 25, for the wedding of Miss Cynthia Yeats and William Hal Furr, both members of the Lost Colony choir, the ceremony taking place at high noon and being performed by Henry V. Napier, pastor of church in a setting of palms, ferns and baskets of white flowers. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Parks A. Yeats of Oklahoma City, Okla. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Furr of Birmingham, Ala., all of whom were present at the wedding. Fred Haley, Lost Colony organist, was organist for the wedding, and the Lost Colony choir sang “O, Perfect Love” and the Lutkin benediction. Also, in place of the traditional wedding march, they sang “Praise My Soul The King of Heaven”. Miss Nena Williams conducted. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a waltz-length dress with lace mandarin collar and full length sleeves ending in points over the hands. The fitted bodice was oflace over satin and the bouffant skirt was of net and satin with a scalloped lace overskirt. Her finger-tip length veil of illusion and lace was caught with seed pearls. Her flowers were a cascade bouquet of white roses. Miss Phyllis Freshwater of Beavers Falls, Pa., was maid of honor. She wore a dress of light blue crystalette with fitted bodice, bouffant skirt and three-quarter length sleeves. Her headdress was a matching bandeau of velvet and net and she carried a cascade bouquet of yellow roses. The bridesmaid, Miss Barbara Kay Williamson of Tulsa, Okla., wore an identical costume and had identical flowers. Little Miss Inez Walker of Norman, Okla.,cousin of the bride, wore a white organdy dress with light blue sash. The ring bearer, Albert Furr, and brother of the bride-groom, wore an all-white suit. The bridegroom had as best man Thomas Are of Batesburg, S.C. Ushers were Marvin Burke of Charlotte and Wade Burroughs of Burkett, Texas. All the men wore white dinner jackets and dark trousers with carnation boutonnieres.The bride’s mother wore a dress of taupe silk organza and matching accessories and a purple orchid corsage. The bridegroom’s mother wore a light blue lace dress with matching accessories and a purple orchid corsage. Mr. Furr received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1955 from the Westminister Choir College, Princeton, N.J., and will enter Princeton Theological Seminary in the fall. Mrs. Furr will return to the choir school, where she will be a member of the sophomore class. This is Mr. Furr’s third summer with the Lost Colony. It is the first for Mrs. Furr. Everyone taking part in the wedding is or has been a member of the Lost Colony cast, except Miss Williamson, the ring bearer and flower girl, and the bride’s father. Following the wedding Monday, the bride’s parents entertained at a reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Q. Bell near Manteo. On Saturday afternoon Mrs. William Long, also of the Lost Colony cast, entertained at a tea at the Bell home. Guests were women members of the show's cast and out-of-town wedding guests. Previously the girls in the choir had given a shower for the bride.

Death

UNIVERSITY — Dr. William Hal Furr, a popular philosophy and religion professor the University of Mississippi, died late Thursday at Baptist hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Dr. Furr, 42, was Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion. Born in Oxford, he was the son of Mrs. Ray A. Furr, of Columbus, and the late Mr. Furr, who was director of public relations and head of journalism for Mississippi University for Women. Dr. Furr received a degree in voice from Westminster Choir College at Princeton, N. J. in 1955, a degree in ethics from Crozer Theological Seminary in 1958, and a theological degree from Crozer in 1964. He was awarded the Ph. D. degree in religion from Temple University in 1971. From 1957 to 1958 he served as minister of music and student assistant at First Baptist Church in Glenside, Pa. From 1958 to 1959 he was assistant pastor at Seventh Baptist Church in Baltimore, Md. He was pastor of Riverside Baptist Church in Elizabeth City, N. C. from 1959 to 1960. He was a graduate assistant on the staff of Temple University prior to joining the faculty at Ole Miss in 1965. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia A. Furr, who is a member of the Ole Miss music faculty; three children, Libby, Susan, and Ginger; his mother, Mrs. Ray A. Furr, Columbus, and brother, Albert Furr, also of Columbus.
Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, March 22, 1974

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State (Year) SSN issued: North Carolina (1951).