Individual Details
Olian Lamar FURR
(10 Aug 1897 - 26 Jan 1960)
The World War I Civilian Draft Registrations (Ancestry, Inc., 1997) shows name as Olian. Others show it as Olean, Olion, and Olin.
Listed in 1920 census as age 22, married to Janie Pearl Burgess.
Listed in 1930 census as age 30, divorced, nephew living in household of Robert Dewitt Furr.
Lived in Tylertown, MS, before moving to Mobile, AL.
Listed in 1920 census as age 22, married to Janie Pearl Burgess.
Listed in 1930 census as age 30, divorced, nephew living in household of Robert Dewitt Furr.
Lived in Tylertown, MS, before moving to Mobile, AL.
Events
| Birth | 10 Aug 1897 | Wesson, Copiah County, MS |  | ||
| Marriage | 15 Apr 1917 | Lincoln County, MS - Janie Pearl BURGESS | | ||
| Occupation | 1920 | farm laborer - Lincoln County, MS | |||
| Marriage | 17 Mar 1928 | Fannie Belle BAILEY | |||
| Marriage | 3 Dec 1931 | Lincoln County, MS - Grace Elizabeth SILLS | | ||
| Death | 26 Jan 1960 | Monticello, Lawrence County, MS |  | | |
| Burial | Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Monticello, Lawrence County, SC | |
Families
| Spouse | Janie Pearl BURGESS (1897 - 1930) |
| Spouse | Fannie Belle BAILEY (1910 - 1970) |
| Spouse | Grace Elizabeth SILLS (1913 - 1990) |
| Father | James Monroe FURR (1860 - 1931) |
| Mother | Alice Agnes "Allie" SMITH (1865 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Maude L. FURR (1886 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Sadie Jane FURR (1886 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Minnie Belle FURR (1890 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Albert Ernest FURR (1892 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Luther Ambrose FURR (1896 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Randall Pierce FURR (1896 - 1896) |
| Sibling | Katie R. FURR (1902 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Mary Lillian FURR (1905 - 1950) |
Notes
Death
MONTICELLO — Services will be held in the Monticello Baptist Church Thursday at 2 p.m. for Olian Lamar Furr, 62, who died at his home here Tuesday morning after a long illness. Rev. F. E. Sellers and Rev. John McDonald will officiate. Interment will be in Bethel cemetery. Born and reared at Wesson, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Furr. He was married in 1931 to the former Miss Grace Sills. During World War I,I Mr. Furr was in the grocery business, but in recent years had operated restaurants. He was a former resident of Tylertown and of Mobile. He was a member of the Monticello Baptist Church. He leaves his wife, two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Hogeatt, Franklinion, La., and Mrs. Minnie Holloway, Bogalousa, La.; one brother, L. A. Furr, Tylertown; an adopted daughter, Mrs. Leon McPhail, Willis, Calif.The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, January 27, 1960
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration..
2. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
3. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
4. The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, January 27, 1960.
5. findagrave.com.