Individual Details
George Leo FURR
(2 Aug 1881 - 25 Apr 1958)
1920 census shows parents born in North Carolina.
Events
| Birth | 2 Aug 1881 | Longtown, Panola County, MS |  | ||
| Occupation | 1910 | logging camp timberman - Shelby County, TN | |||
| Occupation | 1920 | lumber works foreman - Bolivar, Poinsett County, AR | |||
| Divorce | 6 Dec 1927 | Poinsett County, AR - Living | | ||
| Marriage | 4 Jun 1928 | Hardeman County, TN - Grace Lee NUCKOLLS | | ||
| Occupation | 1940 | hotel clerk - Hardeman County, TN | |||
| Death | 25 Apr 1958 | Memphis, Shelby County, TN |  | | |
| Marriage | Living | ||||
| Burial | Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Shelby County, TN | |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Spouse | Grace Lee NUCKOLLS (1902 - 1982) |
| Child | Martha Frances FURR (1932 - 2018) |
| Father | Julius Pink FURR (1845 - 1920) |
| Mother | Martha Roxanna "Roxie" HEGLER (1850 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Alice Augusta "Gusta" FURR (1872 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Charles W. FURR (1874 - ) |
Notes
Death
George Leo Furr of 190 Market Mall died at 8 yesterday morning at John Gaston Hospital. He was 76. Mr. Furr had been suffering from a heart ailment since 1948. He was born in Longtown, Miss, and moved to Memphis 12 years ago. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Grace Furr; a daughter, Martha Furr Brown of Great Lakes, Ill., and two grandchildren. National Funeral Home has charge.The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, April 25, 1958
Endnotes
1. United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KSP-S62F : 10 February 2023).
2. Arkansas Divorce Index, 1923-1939 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Arkansas Divorce Index 1923-1939. Microfiche. Arkansas Genealogical Society, Arkansas..
3. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 17 December 2020.
4. The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee.
5. findagrave.com.