Individual Details
James Melburn FURR
(3 Aug 1893 - 5 Jul 1955)
Mom and Dad lived around Boswell Okla, Cade Okla, and about 20 years in Vernon, TX. in Wilbarger County. We moved to Lindale when dad suffered from heart trouble and could not farm anymore.
Events
| Birth | 3 Aug 1893 | Enloe, Delta County, TX | |||
| Marriage | 6 Dec 1924 | Bryan County, OK - Pinkie Pearle DUTY |  | ||
| Occupation | 1930 | farmer - Bryan County, OK | |||
| Occupation | 1940 | WPA laborer - Grayson County, TX | |||
| Occupation | 1950 | farmer - Wilbarger County, TX | |||
| Death | 5 Jul 1955 | Lindale, Smith County, TX |  | | |
| Alt name | James Melvin FURR | ||||
| Burial | Lindale City Cemetery, Lindale, Smith County, TX | | |||
| Military | in World War I | |
Families
| Spouse | Pinkie Pearle DUTY (1906 - 1981) |
| Child | Alice Louise FURR (1925 - 1979) |
| Child | Melvie Iowene FURR (1928 - 2009) |
| Child | Zoe Evelyn FURR (1930 - 1993) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Joy Lynn FURR (1934 - 2006) |
| Child | Mary Nan FURR (1936 - 2009) |
| Child | Lula Bell FURR (1939 - 2017) |
| Child | James Emory FURR (1941 - 1941) |
| Child | Richard Duty FURR (1943 - 2012) |
| Child | Wanda Sue FURR (1945 - 2012) |
| Child | Donald Ray "Don" FURR (1948 - 2013) |
| Father | Henry Marshall FURR (1850 - 1904) |
| Mother | Jacob Louisa Arkansas "Kansas" IRBY (1856 - 1929) |
| Sibling | William T. FURR (1876 - ) |
| Sibling | Martha Ellen FURR (1877 - 1956) |
| Sibling | George M. FURR (1880 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Mary Magdeline "Mimma" FURR (1882 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Laura Bell FURR (1884 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Minnie L. FURR (1887 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Lawson Berry FURR (1890 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Claude Bell FURR (1896 - 1964) |
Notes
Death
LINDALE. — James Melvin Furr, 62, died at his home here at 7 am. Tuesday after suffering a heart attack. Mr. Furr had lived in Lindale for the past three years. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Central Baptist Church. He was a retired farmer. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Central Baptist. Church with Rev. McDougle, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Lindale Cemetery under direction of York-Caudle-Gregory Funeral Home of Lindale. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Pinkie Pearle Furr of Lindale; seven daughters, Mrs. Alice Louise Provan of Chicago, Mrs. Melvie Harmon of Dallas, Mrs. Harry J. Yocum, Miss Joy Lynn Furr, Miss Mary Nan Furr, Miss Lula Furr and Miss Wanda Sue Furr, all of Lindale; three sons, Gerald D. Furr, Richard Furr and Donald Ray Furr, all of Lindale; 10 grandchildren.Military
Okla CPL 11 Regt. USMC W.W.IEndnotes
1. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z5-ZFF8 : 23 March 2020).
2. 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..
3. Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler, Texas, July 6, 1955.
4. findagrave.com.