Individual Details

James Ephram FURR

(29 Oct 1923 - 4 Aug 1987)

My father, James E. Furr, was with the 439th Engineer Depot Company. Mother got a postcard from him when he was at Camp Swift, Texas, dated March 10, 1943. In a letter to the Concord Tribune written while he was at Camp Swift, he stated that the company was 99 percent from North Carolina and 10 percent from Concord. Always a numbers guy, he wrote: "In regards to shooting, we feel as if we are as good as any company ever to go to the range. One hundred percent qualified with 24 percent experts, 50 percent sharp shooters, and 26 percent marksmen. Not bad for a five-month-old company. We feel as if we have one of the hikingest companies on the post. Last Thursday we did 32 miles in nine hours, an average of 3-5/9 miles an hour." He went on to train in the California desert before going to the Pacific Theater. He was in the Philippines, New Guinea, Luzon, and finally in the Japan occupation forces.
Susan Renee Furr

Events

Birth29 Oct 1923Rowan County, NC
Marriage19 Feb 1946Concord, Cabarrus County, NC - Myrtle Mae COLLETT
Occupation1950cotton mill card fixer - Cabarrus County, NC
Death4 Aug 1987Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC
Soc Sec No237-26-9952
Militaryin World War II
BurialCarolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC

Families

SpouseMyrtle Mae COLLETT (1923 - 2003)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherJames Israel FURR (1901 - 1977)
MotherEarnie B. CARTER (1903 - 1995)
SiblingMyrtle Elizabeth FURR (1925 - 2016)

Notes

Death

CONCORD — Mr. James Ephrain Furr, 63, textile retiree, died Aug. 4, 1987. Funeral is 3 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Myrtle; son, James Furr Jr. of Winston-Salem; daughter, Dr. Susan Furr of Charlotte; mother, Mrs. Ernie Furr of Concord; sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hinson of Concord. Wilkinson is in charge.
The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, August 5, 1987

Military

Name: James E Furr
Birth Year: 1923
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: South Carolina
State: North Carolina
County or City: Cabarrus
Enlistment Date: 28 Jan 1943
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: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Aeronautical Engineer
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 67
Weight: 143

Endnotes

1. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.

2. North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979. Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 February 2020..

3. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.

4. United States Social Security Death Index.

5. 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..

6. findagrave.com.