Individual Details
Jacob Astor "Jake" FURR
(15 Oct 1913 - 8 Feb 1970)
Events
Families
Spouse | Gladys HARRIS (1914 - 1998) |
Child | Sue Ann FURR (1938 - 2013) |
Child | Living |
Father | Enoch FURR (1883 - 1962) |
Mother | Annie Jewel WALKER (1888 - 1950) |
Sibling | Willie Collins FURR (1907 - 1987) |
Sibling | Enoch FURR Jr. (1911 - 1985) |
Sibling | Lola FURR (1912 - ) |
Sibling | John Coleman "Doots" FURR (1916 - 2010) |
Sibling | Annie Laura FURR (1919 - 2011) |
Sibling | Juanita Lillian FURR (1921 - 1995) |
Sibling | Sarah Bernice FURR (1924 - 2018) |
Sibling | Living |
Sibling | Nellie Jean FURR (1927 - 2022) |
Sibling | FURR ( - 1932) |
Sibling | FURR ( - 1934) |
Notes
Death
Jacob Astor Furr, 56, of 408 Caisson Drive died Sunday in a local hospital. The funeral will be today at 2 o'clock in the Davison Chapel of the First Baptist Church, Dr. Henry Lyon III officiating. Burial will be in New Live Oak Cemetery. Mr. Furr was a veteran of World War II and had been a resident of Selma for over 20 years being well-known as a U.S. Mail Contractor. He was an active member of the Elks Club. The survivors Include his widow, Mrs. Gladys Harris Furr; two daughters, Mrs. Ned Taylor of Birmingham and Mrs. William A. Greene of Selma; four sisters, Mrs. John Lee Tarver, Mrs. Leon Locke and Mrs. Robert Blankenship, Jr., all of Mobile; Mrs. Leroy McKinley of Chatom; three brothers, John Furr of Chatom, Enoch Furr, Jr. of Wagerville, W. C. Furr of Grove Hill; two granddaughters, Susan and Cindy Greene. Active pallbearers, Cullen Nichols, Raymond Schiffer, James Hardy, Lamar Salter, Thomas Harris and Webb Hughes.Military
Name: Jacob A FurrBirth Year: 1913
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Alabama
State: Alabama
County or City: Montgomery
Enlistment Date: 13 Mar 1945
Enlistment State: Alabama
Enlistment City: Fort McClellan
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
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
Civil Occupation: Tracktor Driver* or Truck Driver, Heavy or Chauffeur or Truck Driver, Light An asterisk (*) appearing after a job title indicates that a trade test for the particular occupation will be found in the United States Employment Service Manual, Oral Trade Test
Marital Status: Married
Height: 00
Weight: 100
Endnotes
1. findagrave.com.
2. United States Social Security Death Index.
3. 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..
4. findagrave.com.