Individual Details
Colen Stella FURR
(1 Jul 1908 - 16 Dec 2001)
Events
| Birth | 1 Jul 1908 | Stanly County, NC |  | ||
| Death | 16 Dec 2001 | Oakboro, Stanly County, NC |  | | |
| Marriage | Pearl Vernon AUSTIN | ||||
| Burial | Mineral Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Oakboro, Stanly County, NC | | |||
| Soc Sec No | 245-74-7138 | |
Families
| Spouse | Pearl Vernon AUSTIN (1908 - 1985) |
| Child | Cecil Ray AUSTIN (1928 - 2011) |
| Child | Charles Sheldon AUSTIN (1930 - 2003) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Charles Hampton "Charlie" FURR (1886 - 1969) |
| Mother | Rosa Florence "Rosie" HOPKINS (1884 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Eli Newell FURR (1910 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Reece Fraley FURR (1913 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Lois Marie FURR (1918 - 2008) |
| Sibling | Ruby Sybil FURR (1922 - 2011) |
| Sibling | Leonard Lamar FURR (1928 - 2008) |
Notes
Death
OAKBORO — The funeral is today for Colen Furr Austin, 93, 8099 N.C. Hwy. 205, mother of Shelton Austin, Albemarle, died Sunday (Dec. 16, 2001) at Britthaven of Piedmont. Services: 2 today, Hartsell Funeral Home chapel, Albemarle. Burial, Mineral Springs Baptist Church cemetery. At other times the family will be at the home on N.C. Hwy. 205. Funeral services for Mrs. Colen Furr Austin, 93, of Oakboro were held at Hartsell Funeral Home, Rev. Kenneth Martin presiding. Burial was in Mineral Springs Baptist Church cemetery in Oakboro. Mrs. Austin died on December 16, 2001at Britthaven of Piedmont. She was born July 1, 1908 in Stanly County to Rosa Hopkins and Charlie Furr. Mrs. Furr was married to the late Pearl Vernon Austin. She was the oldest member of Mineral Springs Baptist. Survivors include sons, Cecil Austin of Oakboro and Shelton Austin of Albemarle; daughter Betty Whitley of Oakboro; brothers, Leonard Furr of Oakboro; sisters, Lois Furr Coble and Ruby Furr Tucker of Oakboro; 7 grandchildfren; 13 great grandchildren; and 7 great great grandchildren.Endnotes
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6. United States Social Security Death Index.