Individual Details
Bobby Van FURR
(2 Mar 1935 - 24 Oct 1993)
Executive Director at The Meadows of Rockwell, Cindy Drye, cherishes the memory of her father every day, but especially as she celebrates Father’s Day for the dads in her assisted living community. Her father, Bobby Van Furr, was a father of five children, 32 foster children, and a grandfather to 13 grandchildren. “He was like a mountain in a little girl’s eyes,” Drye said. “He could be so mean, yet so understanding when something was wrong. Always offering to help, he would give you the shirt off his back, even if he had nothing.”
Events
| Birth | 2 Mar 1935 | Mecklenburg County, NC |  | ||
| Death | 24 Oct 1993 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC |  | | |
| Marriage | Daphne MARTIN | ||||
| Soc Sec No | 246-46-6050 | | |||
| Burial | Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Daphne MARTIN (1935 - 2021) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Rebecca Faye "Becky" FURR (1956 - 2023) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Lemuel Rufus FURR (1900 - 1962) |
| Mother | Isabelle JOHNSON (1904 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Margaret Bell FURR (1923 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Herman Lemuel FURR (1925 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Jeanie Elizabeth "Jean" FURR (1927 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Faye Isabell FURR (1930 - 2008) |
| Sibling | Lemuel Rufus FURR Jr. (1932 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Charlotte Virginia FURR (1937 - 2002) |
| Sibling | Jimmy Johnson FURR (1940 - 2011) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Death
Mr. Bobby Van Furr, 58, of 3200 Dublin Rd. died Oct. 24, 1993, at Mercy Hospital. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at McEwen Funeral Home, Charlotte chapel. Burial will be in Sharon Memorial Park. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight. Mr. Furr was retired president of Bob's Realty Co. and a Charlotte native. He was a member of First Wesleyan Methodist Church and had been a foster parent for 10 years, with a total of 32 foster children. Survivors are his wife, Daphne; son, Bobby Furr Jr.; daughters, Ms. Cathy Bottenfield of Iron Station, Ms. Becky Braddock of Mount Mourne, Ms. Cindy Hunt of Harrisburg, Ms. Wanda Kirkley; brothers, Jimmy Furr, Herman Furr; sisters, Ms. Charlotte Darby of Brunswick, Ga., Ms. Jean Vallandingham of White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Ms. Faye Williams of Indian Trail, Ms. Nancy Wilson of Mint Hill, Ms. Margaret Smith; half brothers, Archie Hargett, Jerry Hargett, Harvey Hargett; half sister, Ms. Dorothy Inks; 13 grandchildren; five foster children.The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 26, 1993
Endnotes
1. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
2. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
3. The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 26, 1993.
4. United States Social Security Death Index.
5. findagrave.com.