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RALEIGH — Dr. William J. Furr, died Thursday, June 17, 1999 at Rex Hospital. Bill was born in Concord, North Carolina. He graduated from Wingate College in 1959, received the Bachelor of Arts Degree (cum laude) from Furman University in 1961. He received the Bachelor of Divinity Degree and the Doctor of Ministry degrees from Southeastern Seminary. Bill was president of the student body his high school senior year and president of the student body at Wingate College. Bill lived out of God’s call for his life by serving the Lee’s Chapel Baptist Church, Middlesex, NC, the Bethesda Baptist Church, Clayton, NC, the First Baptist Church of Chadbourn, NC, the First Baptist Church of Newton, NC, Northwest Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC and then finished his full-time ministry at Trinity Baptist Church in Raleigh, where he served for 17 years. During the past year Bill served as intentional interim minister at Clemmons First Baptist Church in Clemmons, NC. Bill is survived by his wife, Bobbie; his children and their spouses: son, William Jeffrey and Meredith Furr of Raleigh, NC and daughter, Jamie and Brian Marlowe of Winston- Salem, NC. Bill is also survived by two sisters, Peggy Huneycutt of Concord, NC and Linda Riley of Lincolnton, NC. Bill was a beloved husband, father, pastor, and friend. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Baptist Church in Raleigh. Interment will follow in Raleigh Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:30 p.m. Friday at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 1701 E. Millbrook Road in Raleigh. Memorial contributions are suggested for: Clemmons First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 279, Clemmons, NC 27012, Trinity Baptist Church, 4815 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27609, or the Children’s Home Society of NC, PO. Box 14608, Greensboro, NC 27415.
The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 18, 1999