Individual Details

Alva Roger FURR

(4 Jul 1936 - 14 Mar 2006)

Events

Birth4 Jul 1936Norwood, Stanly County, NC
MarriageNov 1958Marion County, FL - Audrey Sheryl HOLLEY
Death14 Mar 2006Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC
Soc Sec No244-58-9227
BurialSunset Memory Gardens, Mint Hill, Mecklenburg County, NC

Families

SpouseAudrey Sheryl HOLLEY (1939 - 2016)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherReece Jackson FURR (1909 - 1988)
MotherNellie Carmon LEE (1909 - 2003)

Notes

Death

A. Roger Furr Mr. Furr, 69, died Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at his home in Charlotte. The son of the late Reece Jackson Furr and Carmon Lee Furr, Mr. Furr was born in Norwood on July 4, 1936. He graduated from High Point University and was employed with AXA (Equitable) Insurance Co. until his retirement. Mr. Furr was also a member and director of the National Association for Bank Services. Roger and Sheryl enjoyed travel, their grandchildren and time spent with friends - the Basses, Williamsons and the Rat Pack. Fishing and gardening was always time well spent for him and the family. Mr. Furr is survived by his wife, Sheryl Holley Furr; two sons, Michael Ward Furr and his wife, Celia, and Warren Roger Furr and his wife, Christine, all of Charlotte; and six grandchildren, Joan Laurel Furr, Taylor Ward Furr, Shawna 'Sunshine' Reece Furr, and Justin, Jeremy and Kristen Wilkinson. A service will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, March 17 from the graveside in Sunset Memory Gardens. Mr. Furr's family will receive friends at Hankins & Whittington Dilworth Chapel from 7-8 PM Thursday. Memorials may be sent to the American Diabetes Association, 222 S. Church St., Ste. 336, Charlotte, NC 28202. Arrangements are in the care of Hankins & Whittington Dilworth Chapel, 1111 East Blvd., online at www.hankinsandwhittington.com.
The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 15, 2006

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. Florida Department of Health. Florida Marriage Index, 1927-2001. Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida. .

3. The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 15, 2006.

4. United States Social Security Death Index.

5. findagrave.com.