Individual Details

Edith Leona "Lee" FURR

(30 Apr 1926 - 4 Apr 2004)

Events

Birth30 Apr 1926Atoka, Atoka County, OK
Marriage26 May 1950Tucumcari, Quay County, NM - Omaha Smith LANDESS
Marriage21 May 1971Guymon, Texas County, OK - Donald Odell AYERS
Death4 Apr 2004Tyrone, Texas County, OK
MarriageLiving
BurialTyrone Cemetery, Tyrone, Texas County, OK

Families

SpouseLiving
ChildLiving
SpouseOmaha Smith LANDESS ( - 1963)
ChildLiving
SpouseDonald Odell AYERS ( - 1984)
FatherFrank Smith FURR (1886 - 1929)
MotherCallie T. SHULTZ (1891 - 1984)
SiblingWilliam Cecil FURR (1912 - 1913)
SiblingGarland Haskell FURR (1916 - 1978)
SiblingClyde Waverly FURR (1918 - 1988)
SiblingFloyd Sanford "Pappy" FURR (1921 - 1987)
SiblingWilbert Lawrence "Bill" FURR (1925 - 1995)

Notes

Death

TYRONE, Okla. - Leona Avers, 77, died April 4, 2004, at her home in rural Tyrone, Okla. She was born April 30, 1926, at Atoka, Okla., the daughter of Frank S. and Callie Shults Furr. A resident of the Tyrone area since 1947, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Tyrone Baptist Church, Tyrone, Okla., and the Straight Rod and Reel Club, Straight, Okla. On May 26, 1950, she married Omaha S. Landess at Tucumcari, N.M. He died July 22, 1963. On May 21, 1971, she married Donald O. Avers at Guymon, Okla. He died Feb. 17, 1984. Survivors include: two sons, Frank Copeland, Tyrone, Okla., and Randy Landess, Laverne, Okla.; two daughters, Jean Shaw and Linda Ridley, both of Tyrone, Okla.; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Garland, Clyde, Floyd and Bill Furr. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Tyrone Baptist Church, Tyrone, Okla. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, both at Kitch-Brenneman Funeral Home, Liberal. Burial will be in Tyrone Cemetery, Tyrone, Okla. Memorials may be sent to Guymon Home Health and Hospice or the American Cancer Society, both in care of the funeral home. The Hutchinson News, April 13, 2004

Endnotes

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