Individual Details

John Elbert FURR

(1 Mar 1893 - 1 Oct 1970)

Listed as John A. in the 1900 census, as Elbert in the 1910 and 1920 census, and as Elbert J. in the 1930 census.

Events

Birth1 Mar 1893Indian Territory, OK
Occupation1910fur factory laborer - Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR
Marriage29 Oct 1910Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR - Madora "Dory" CARSON
Occupation1920mattress factory truck driver - Upper Township, Sebastian County, AR
Marriage12 Nov 1927Jackson County, MO - Carrie Ann RICE
Occupation1930painting crew foreman - Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Occupation1940furniture factory furniture maker - Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR
Marriage20 Dec 1940Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR - Jessie Laverne BITTLE
Occupation1950scissor factory forger - Sequoyah County, OK
Death1 Oct 1970Amarillo, Potter County, TX
Soc Sec No430-09-6723
BurialMemory Gardens of Pampa, Pampa, Gray County, TX

Families

SpouseJessie Laverne BITTLE (1908 - 1999)
ChildJohn William FURR (1942 - 1943)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
SpouseCarrie Ann RICE (1902 - 1974)
SpouseMadora "Dory" CARSON (1894 - 1954)
ChildMilton Hugh FURR (1913 - 1984)
ChildMildred Madean FURR (1917 - 1973)
FatherJohn William FURR (1863 - 1948)
MotherNancy Albateen FIZER (1871 - 1927)
SiblingEli James FURR (1891 - 1891)
SiblingPearl Jane FURR (1895 - 1978)
SiblingBessie Magdaline FURR (1898 - 1987)
SiblingViola Mae FURR (1900 - 1987)
SiblingWillard William "Willie" FURR (1903 - 1979)
SiblingArchie Davis FURR (1906 - 1906)
SiblingRuby Gladys FURR (1907 - 1987)
SiblingCharles Brookshire FURR (1911 - 1995)

Notes

Marriage

Shown as a widow in 1920 census, living in her father's household with children Milton and Madine. Curious since an Elbert Furr of the right age (26) to be her husband is listed two pages earlier as a boarder in the household of Artie McKinney. He is shown as married, but no spouse is listed. He is shown as born in Kansas.

1930 census shows she was first married at age 15.

Death

Funeral services for John E. Furr, 77, are pending with Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mr. Furr died Thursday in St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo after a two months illness. He was born in Indian Territory, Okla., March 1, 1893, and was reared in Fort Smith, Ark. He was married to Laverne Bittle in Fort Smith Dec. 21, 1940. He was a Baptist missionary and pastored churches in Seven Oaks, Okla., Emmanuel, Okla., Salisaw, Okla., and Fort Smith. In Pampa he operated the Sunny Land Express and was a school patrolman. Survivors are his widow; one son, Milton H., of San Antonio; three daughters, Mrs. Melvin Loftin of Watsonville. Calif., Mrs. Mark Larson of Amarillo, and Mrs. Ruth Canaday of Pampa; two step-daughters, Mrs. Thomas Burch of Fellows, Calif., and Mrs. Verlin Greiner of Pauls Valley, Okla.; 18 grandchildren and four great- grandchildren.
Pampa Daily News, Pampa, Texas, October 2, 1970

Endnotes

1. "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N93R-VBQ : 9 March 2021)Arkansas County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

2. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm..

3. "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N93R-VBQ : 9 March 2021)Arkansas County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

4. 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..

5. United States Social Security Death Index.

6. findagrave.com.