Individual Details
Robert Aldee FURR
(5 Jun 1918 - 21 Apr 1948)
Events
| Birth | 5 Jun 1918 | Thomasville, Davidson County, NC |  | ||
| Death | 21 Apr 1948 | Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, NC |  | | |
| Burial | Mount Zion Wesleyan Church Cemetery, Thomasville, Davidson County, NC | | |||
| Military | in World War II | | |
Families
| Father | Dock FURR (1889 - 1973) |
| Mother | Mary Loretta BECK (1889 - 1969) |
| Sibling | William Gaines FURR (1912 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Kenneth Howard FURR (1923 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Sarah Elizabeth FURR (1928 - 2005) |
Notes
Death
THOMASVILLE, April 22. — Robert A. Furr, 29, World War II army veteran of Route 2, Thomasville, died Wednesday in a Winston-Salem Hospital. He was employed by, Armentrout Veneer Company here. He was a son of Dock and Mary Beck Furr of Route 2, Thomasville. Surviving are one sister, Miss Elizabeth Furr of the home and one brother, W. G. Furr of Maplesville, Ala. Funeral will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at Mt. Zion Pilgrim, Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will remain at Walker Funeral Home here until Friday afternoon when it will be taken to the home of Furr’s parents.News and Record, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 23, 1948
Military
Name: Robert A FurrBirth Year: 1918
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: North Carolina
State: North Carolina
County or City: Davidson
Enlistment Date: 28 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: South Carolina
Enlistment City: Camp Croft
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: Grammar school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 71
Weight: 128
Endnotes
1. "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CTMK-KW2M : 4 April 2020).
2. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina..
3. findagrave.com.
4. 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..