Individual Details
Richard Christian FURR
(27 Jan 1896 - 14 Mar 1981)
Events
| Birth | 27 Jan 1896 | Pleasant Hill, Copiah County, MS | |||
| Marriage | 25 Aug 1917 | Jefferson County, MS - Laura E. TOLER |  | ||
| Occupation | 1920 | salesman - Kansas City, Jackson County, MO | |||
| Occupation | 1930 | dry goods store buyer - Kansas City, Jackson County, MO | |||
| Occupation | 1940 | oriential rug department store salesman - Kansas City, Jackson County, MO | |||
| Death | 14 Mar 1981 | Kansas City, Jackson County, MO |  | | |
| Military | in World War I | ||||
| Soc Sec No | 495-05-1753 | | |||
| Burial | Floral Hills Funeral Home and Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO | |
Families
| Spouse | Laura E. TOLER (1898 - 1992) |
| Child | Marvin Richard "Dick" FURR (1919 - 1993) |
| Father | William Will FURR (1871 - 1935) |
| Mother | Letha Lenora DOUGLAS (1874 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Addie Adelle FURR (1893 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Thomas Leroy FURR (1898 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Albert Troy FURR (1899 - 1950) |
| Sibling | Mattie M. "Mellie" FURR (1901 - 1993) |
| Sibling | William Earl FURR (1904 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Oris Douglass FURR (1907 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Winnie Lee FURR (1910 - 2006) |
Notes
Death
Richard C. Furr, 85, of 8901 Wayne, founder of Furr's Oriental Rugs & Fine Carpets, died Saturday at Research Medical Center. Mr. Furr operated the company 35 years at Emery, Bird, Thayer Co. and later at Macy's before he retired. He was a member of the Santa Fe Hills Baptist Church. He was a Navy veteran of World War I. Mr. Furr was born in Allen, Miss., and had lived in this area since 1919. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Laura E. Furr of the home; a son, Marvin R. Furr, Kansas City; two daughters, Mrs. Juanita McCloskey, Cole Camp, Mo., and Ms. Merle Davis, Kansas City; a brother, Earl Furr, Sherman, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Winnie Lee Lessing, Hazelhurst, Miss., and Mrs. Mellie West, Union Church, Miss.; six grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Floral Hills Chapel; burial in Floral Hills Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the chapel.The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri, March 15, 1981
Endnotes
1. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
2. The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri.
3. United States Social Security Death Index.
4. findagrave.com.