Individual Details

Dewey Gant FURR

(7 May 1911 - 29 May 2005)

Events

Birth7 May 1911Mecklenburg County, NC
Death29 May 2005Rock Hill, York County, SC
MarriageMary Hazel MERRITT
BurialGrandview Memorial Park, Rock Hill, York County, SC

Families

SpouseMary Hazel MERRITT (1915 - 1992)
ChildCarl Roger FURR (1934 - 1992)
ChildRobert Marvin FURR (1939 - 1989)
FatherAlbert Gamwell FURR (1889 - 1972)
MotherAda Josephine DRY (1887 - 1963)
SiblingAllen Richmond FURR (1907 - 1988)
SiblingFloyd Caldwell FURR (1909 - 1997)
SiblingLucille FURR (1913 - 2007)
SiblingSarah Jane FURR (1915 - 1970)
SiblingLaura Mae FURR (1917 - 2011)
SiblingRalph Albert FURR (1919 - 1999)
SiblingLouis FURR (1921 - 1982)
SiblingJames Lee FURR (1924 - 2007)
SiblingRay Wilson FURR (1926 - 2008)
SiblingHelen Louise FURR (1928 - 2007)

Notes

Death

FORT MILL -- Mr. Dewey Furr, 94, of 145 Garrison Farm Road died Sunday, May 29, 2005, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Wolfe Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jimmy Parrish officiating. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Park on Cherry Road. A native of Concord, N.C., Mr. Furr was a son of the late Albert Gainsville Furr and Ada Drye Furr. He was a self-employed carpenter, attended Bible Baptist Church and was a member of the Redman's Association. Surviving are two brothers, Ray Furr of Charlotte and James Furr of Fort Mill; three sisters, Helen Whitmire of Eutawville, Laura Furr Merritt of Charlotte and Lucile Furr Stewart of Fort Mill; his grandson; three great-grandchildren; and his great-great granddaughter. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home and other times at the home of his daughter-in-law, Joyce Norris, 3026 Vernon St. in Fort Mill.

Endnotes

1. WWII Registration Draft Cards. 414 boxes. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926–1975, RG 147. The National Archives at Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia..

2. The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 3, 1992.

3. findagrave.com.