Individual Details
Ralph Albert FURR
(22 Dec 1919 - 22 Oct 1999)
Events
| Birth | 22 Dec 1919 | Pineville, Mecklenburg County, NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 15 Jul 1939 | Lancaster, Lancaster County, SC - Maude Belle PORTER |  | ||
| Occupation | 1940 - 1950 | cotton mill carder/mechanic - Pineville, Mecklenburg County, NC | |||
| Death | 22 Oct 1999 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC | | | |
| Soc Sec No | 237-24-2261 | | |||
| Burial | Unity Cemetery, Fort Mill, York County, SC | |
Families
| Spouse | Maude Belle PORTER (1920 - 2017) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Theresa Starlene "Terry" FURR (1945 - 2020) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Sandra Louise "Sandy" FURR (1949 - 2019) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Albert Gamwell FURR (1889 - 1972) |
| Mother | Ada Josephine DRY (1887 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Allen Richmond FURR (1907 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Floyd Caldwell FURR (1909 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Dewey Gant FURR (1911 - 2005) |
| Sibling | Lucille FURR (1913 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Sarah Jane FURR (1915 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Laura Mae FURR (1917 - 2011) |
| Sibling | Louis FURR (1921 - 1982) |
| Sibling | James Lee FURR (1924 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Ray Wilson FURR (1926 - 2008) |
| Sibling | Helen Louise FURR (1928 - 2007) |
Notes
Marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Albert Furr of Fort Mill celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a reception July 18, 1999, at the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church fellowship hall, Fort Mill. The celebration was hosted by their children, Linda F. Manus of Weddington, N.C., Teresa and Terry Potts, Sandra and Danny Parker and Rick and Mary Ruth Furr, all of Fort Mill, and Carol and Larry Tate of Monroe, N.C. The couple have 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The couple's daughter, the Rev. Carol Tate, renewed their wedding vows. Ralph Albert Furr and Maude Belle Porter Furr, both of Pineville, N.C., were married July 15, 1939, in Lancaster by Judge O. Roddey Bell.Published in The Herald September 26, 1998
Death
Mr. Ralph Albert Furr, 79, of 9944 Sherrill Lane, Fort Mill, SC died Friday, October 22, 1999, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Son of the late Albert G. and Ada Drye Furr, Mr. Furr was born December 22, 1919 in Pineville, NC. He worked for the Celanese Corporation and later retired from Lancaster County Public Works. Mr. Furr was a member of the Pineville Church of the Nazarene.Funeral Services were held at 2 PM Monday, October 25, 1999 at the Pineville Church of the Nazarene.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. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
3. United States Social Security Death Index.
4. findagrave.com.