Individual Details

Death

ALBEMARLE — Mr. Fred William Furr, 70, of 403 E. Mason St., Albemarle, NC, died Oct. 8, 1997, at Transitional Health Service, Kannapolis, NC. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, 1997, in Stanly Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Furman Wilhoit officiating. Entombment will be in Stanly Gardens of Memory Mausoleum. The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Friday at Stanly Funeral Home, Inc. Mr. Furr was born in Stanly County, NC, and retired from Wiscassett Mill Co. as a fixer and foreman. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Gladys Furr Morgan of Charlotte, NC. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N, 1st St., Albemarle, NC 28001; or Trinity Baptist Church, 614 S. 4th St, Albemarle, NC 28001.
The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 10, 1997

Military

Name: Fred W Furr
Birth Year: 1926
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: North Carolina
State: North Carolina
County or City: Stanly
Enlistment Date: 12 Jan 1945
Enlistment State: North Carolina
Enlistment City: Fort Bragg
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
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: Grammar school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 00
Weight: 166