Individual Details
William Wilson FURR
(15 Apr 1917 - 26 Jan 1997)
Events
| Birth | 15 Apr 1917 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC |  | ||
| Occupation | 1940 - 1950 | wholesale hardware office clerk/salesman - Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC | |||
| Marriage | 23 Oct 1948 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC - Colleen Lynch "Mickey Linda" HENDRIX | | ||
| Death | 26 Jan 1997 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC |  | | |
| Burial | Oaklawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC | | |||
| Soc Sec No | 244-10-4402 | | |||
| Military | in World War II | | |
Families
| Spouse | Colleen Lynch "Mickey Linda" HENDRIX (1924 - 2009) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Solomon Israel FURR (1886 - 1948) |
| Mother | Frances Myrtle "Fannie" YORK (1898 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Joseph Strong "Joe" FURR (1921 - 2014) |
| Sibling | Robert Bivens FURR (1924 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Franklin Eugene "Frank" FURR (1926 - 2019) |
Notes
Death
CONCORD — Mr. William Wilson Furr, 79, of Concord, died Sunday, January 26, 1997, at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte. A service to celebrate the life of Mr. Furr will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, 1997, at McEwen Funeral Service, Charlotte Chapel, with the Reverend Edward Scott officiating. Committal will follow in Oaklawn Cemetery. Mr. Furr was born April 15, 1917 in Charlotte, North Carolina, the son of the late Solomon I. Furr and Frances York Furr. He was a veteran of the United States Army. Mr. Furr is survived by his beloved wife of forty-eight years, Mrs. Colleen Hendrix Furr of Concord; son, William Furr Jr. of Jacksonville, FL; daughter, Ann F. Ermel of Charlotte; brothers, Joe S. Furr of Charlotte, Eugene F. Furr of Fort Mill, SC, and Robert B. Furr of Fredericksburg, VA. The family asks that memorials be made to All Saints Episcopal Church, 525 Lake Concord Road NE, Concord, NC 28025. McEwen Funeral Service, Charlotte Chapel, is serving the Furr family.The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 28, 1997
Military
Name: William W FurrBirth Year: 1917
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: North Carolina
State: North Carolina
County or City: Mecklemburg
Enlistment Date: 9 Apr 1942
Enlistment State: North Carolina
Enlistment City: Fort Bragg
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
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: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Addressing-Embossing Machine Operator or Clerk, General
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 66
Weight: 110
Endnotes
1. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
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. findagrave.com.
5. United States Social Security Death Index.
6. 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..