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LOCUST -- Mr. Chad Eric Furr, 33, died June 3, 2006. Funeral is 11 AM Wednesday at New Life Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ. Visitation 6-8 PM tonight at Wilkinson Funeral Home of Concord. Published in the Charlotte Observer on 6/6/2006.

County driver dies in crash
By Matt Irvin, Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 6, 2006 — A three-vehicle accident claimed the life of a New London man early Saturday morning. At 7:40 a.m., Chad Eric Furr was traveling on N.C. 49 about two miles south of Mt. Pleasant. According to the N.C. Highway Patrol, Gregory Cox, 19, of Salisbury was traveling morth on N.C. 49 when his 2002 Dodge van crossed the center line and struck Furr’s 2006 Chevrolet van. Furr, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene. The third vehicle, a motorcycle, driven by Susan Wessinger of Richfield, was able to avoid the collision by braking and laying the motorcycle down, according to the Highway Patrol. She was taken to Northeast Medical Center for treatment. Cox was injured in the accident and was airlifted to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition as of Monday morning. Cox was charged in the accident.

Tuesday, June 6, 2006 — Chad Eric Furr, 33, of 8927 Comstock Court, Locust, died June 3, 2006, in NorthEast Medical Center. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in New Life Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ in Concord, which he attended. The Rev. Lawson Whitson will officiate and burial will be in Indian Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Stanfield. Born Jan. 8, 1973, in Cabarrus County, he was a son of Ralph C. Furr Jr. and Dawn Calloway Furr of New London, who survive, and was a service technician with All Temp Inc. Heating and Air. He was a 1991 graduate of West Stanly High School and graduated from Cape Fear Community College as a geophysical surveyor. He was an Eagle Scout and liked to hunt and fish. In addition to his parents he is survived by his estranged wife, Mary Smith Furr; two sons, McKenzie Drew Russ and Aidan Kade Furr; his girl friend, Luella Davis; and his grandparents, Ralph and Millie Calloway of Concord. He was preceded in death by grandparents, Mazelle Calloway and Ralph S. and Jeanette Furr. Memorials may be made to College Fund for Aidan Kade Furr, P.O. Box 488 Harrisburg, NC 28075. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Wilkinson Funeral Home in Concord. At other times they will be at 2492 Blaine Road, New London.


MOUNT PLEASANT - A two-vehicle wreck Saturday killed one man and left another seriously injured after a head-on collision on N.C. 49, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol. Chad Furr, 33, died at the scene of the wreck, located near the Walker Road intersection, North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Richard Cook said. The second victim has not been identified yet and was flown to N.C. Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. He was a white man in his 20s driving a 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport. The caravan's license plate is "VRH-1445." The wreck occurred about 7:41 a.m. when the driver of the caravan was headed north on N.C. 49. Furr was driving south in a 2006 Chevrolet work van. The work van was for All-Temp Company Inc. The Dodge caravan driver veered off of the right side of the road and then came left, crossing the centerline, Cook said. Furr tried to go to the right to avoid the caravan, but the vehicles hit head on. "There were no skid marks before impact from either one," Cook said. "The witness on the motorcycle said they were driving less than 55." The motorcycle driver, Susan Wessinger, 45, of Richfield, was on a Honda motorcycle following Furr when she saw everything happen. Wessinger slid her motorcycle to the ground to avoid the wreck ahead of her, Cook said. "If she would have plowed into them, her injuries would have been a lot more severe," Cook said. Mount Pleasant Fire Chief Tim Hurlocker said after the wreck it took about 30 to 45 minutes to get the driver of the Dodge caravan out of the vehicle. A helicopter landed on N.C. 49 to fly the driver to Winston-Salem, he said. N.C. 49 was blocked off by emergency service workers from the Cold Springs Road intersection to the Walker Road intersection for at least half an hour. This is the second fatal wreck on N.C. 49 in less than a year. A mother and daughter were killed on Christmas Eve as the family was pulling into the driveway of their home. Their vehicle was struck by a man charged with driving while impaired. "It was about 300 yards from this accident," Hurlocker said. He said the Mount Pleasant Fire Department responds to an average of at least five serious wrecks a year on the stretch of N.C. 49 between Cold Springs Road and Walker Road. Cabarrus County Rescue Squad, Cold Springs Volunteer Fire Department, Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office and Cabarrus County EMS were also at the wreck.
Concord & Kannapolis Independent Tribune, Concord, North Carolina, June 4, 2006