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KANNAPOLIS — Emma Brown Furr Poston, 78, of 5480-B Country Side Drive, Winston-Salem, formerly of Kannapolis, died on Dec. 6, 1968, at Forsyth Memorial Hospital in Winston-Salem. The funeral will be held at 11 am Friday at Lady’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Dr. David Morrow and the Rev. James Summey. Burial will be in Carolina Memorial Park. The family will be at Hayworth-Miller Funeral Home, 3315 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, tonight from 7 to 9. The family will also be at the funeral home on Thursday night from 7 to 9. Born Dec. 14, 1909, in Mocksville, she was a daughter of the late George and Rachel Holleman Brown. Retired from Cannon Mills Co., where she had been employed for 35 years, she had lived in Winston-Salem for the past 14 years. Survivors include her husband, Warren H. Poston; two daughters, Katherine Morton of Concord and Norma Sue Lambe of Greensboro;three sons, Evarl Furr of Austin, Texas and Bois and Kenneth Furr, both of Concord; two sisters, Oleen Allen of Lexington and Nettie Roberson Garner of Ramseur; 12 grandchildren; and elght great-grandchildren.