Individual Details
Prentice Lee "Buddy" FURR
(17 May 1920 - 5 Oct 1995)
Events
| Birth | 17 May 1920 | Cheraw, Chesterfield County, SC |  | ||
| Occupation | 1940 | CCC Camp tractor driver - Marlboro County, SC | |||
| Marriage | 4 May 1940 | Chesterfield County, SC - Virginia Beatrice HUGGINS | | ||
| Occupation | 1950 | state highway department road scraper operator - Chesterfield County, SC | |||
| Marriage | 26 Apr 1950 | Chesterfield County, SC - Esther Mae CHAVIS | | ||
| Death | 5 Oct 1995 | Cheraw, Chesterfield County, SC |  | | |
| Alt name | Prentiss FURR | ||||
| Soc Sec No | 250-20-2221 | | |||
| Military | in World War II | | | ||
| Burial | Chatham Hill Memorial Gardens, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, SC | |
Families
| Spouse | Virginia Beatrice HUGGINS (1924 - 2015) |
| Child | Jackie Farrell FURR (1942 - 2022) |
| Child | Prentice Lee FURR Jr. (1945 - 1973) |
| Child | Richard Wayne FURR (1945 - 2022) |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | Esther Mae CHAVIS (1929 - 2021) |
| Father | Edward Karl "Eddie" FURR (1894 - 1953) |
| Mother | Lula HOWARD (1898 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Willie Mae FURR (1917 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Myrtle F. FURR (1924 - 1998) |
| Sibling | Annie Louise FURR (1926 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Ethel Ann FURR (1936 - 2014) |
Notes
Death
CHERAW — Services for Prentice Lee ‘“Buddy” Furr, 75, of 701 West Green St. will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Chatham Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at Kiser Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Cheraw Rescue Squad. Mr. Furr died Thursday, Oct. 5, 1995. Born in Cheraw, he was a son of the late Ed K. Furr and Lula Howard. An Army veteran of World War II, he retired as owner of P.L. Furr Trucking Co. Surviving are his wife, Ester Chavis Furr; sons, Jackie and Richard Furr, both of Cheraw, Perry Furr of Wallace and Phillip Furr of Wrightsville, Ga.; sisters, Willie Mae Kelly, Myrtle Johnson, Annie Melton and Ethel Rainwater, all of Cheraw; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.The State, Columbia, South Carolina, October 6, 1995
Military
Name: Prentice L FurrBirth Year: 1920
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: South Carolina
State: South Carolina
County or City: Chesterfield
Enlistment Date: 15 Aug 1944
Enlistment State: South Carolina
Enlistment City: Fort Jackson Columbia
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: Concrete-Mixer Operator* or Earth-boring Machine Operator or Highway Conctruction Machine Operator 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
Marital Status: Married
Height: 00
Weight: 180
Endnotes
1. WWII Registration Draft Cards. 414 boxes. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926–1975, RG 147. The National Archives at Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia..
2. "South Carolina, Chesterfield County, Original Marriage licenses, 1911-1951." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 21 March 2019.
3. "South Carolina, Chesterfield County, Original Marriage licenses, 1911-1951." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 21 March 2019.
4. The State, Columbia, South Carolina, October 6, 1995.
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..
7. findagrave.com.