Individual Details
Lee Wilson "Buddy" FURR
(9 May 1950 - 2 May 1976)
A dedication--to my brother-in-law, Lee Wilson "Buddy" Furr. I never met Buddy. He died young, in 1976, way before I crossed paths with any of the Furrs. He was well-loved. This I know. I know a few more things about him too. Just a few things I've gleaned from family lore and loving stories and photographs. He was happy and tremendously handsome. He traveled around Europe, rented an apartment in France in his late teens/early 20s, and he eventually moved back to the states and married a pretty girl from the American south, named Tweety. And one more thing: Buddy Furr was a fan of the Incredible String Band. How does a fellow born in a small, conservative North Carolina town find his way to a sonic kinship with the trippiest group of hippies ever to sit cross-legged on a filthy Persian run with a sitar, guitars, castanets, bongos, harpsichord, and chimes while making songs about nature, folklore, light, mysticism, and looking within.....oh, I DON'T KNOW! That's what makes it so curious! Even if his taste in music was the least significant thing about him.....by God, it's endlessly fascinating. In any case, the hows and whys are lost to history. Or are perhaps archived within the vast memory of Buddy's brother, Dan--the family record-keeper. Perhaps Dan Furr will weigh-in on this someday. So, Buddy Furr: brother, son, husband, racer of catamarans, builder of wooden furniture and model sailboats, and fan of Incredible String Band--oh, man I wish I could've known him in this life. I imagine the sensitive souls, like Buddy--with eyes and ears for beautiful things-- only stay here as long as they need to, and leave so they can continue their fantastic groove somewhere else forever. I can't prove it, but I believe it more and more every day. It's a nice thing to imagine anyway.
Libby
Libby
Events
| Birth | 9 May 1950 | Catawba County, NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 1 Jul 1974 | Florence, Florence County, SC - Claudine McLeod "Tweety" EGERTON | | ||
| Death | 2 May 1976 | Lake Robinson, Greer, Greenville County, SC |  | | |
| Burial | Florence Memorial Gardens, Florence, Florence County, SC | |
Families
| Spouse | Claudine McLeod "Tweety" EGERTON (1954 - 1976) |
| Father | Lee Roy FURR (1925 - 2013) |
| Mother | Darlene "Dot" WILSON (1931 - 2024) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Death
Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wilson Furr will be conducted at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Calvary Baptist Church. Burial, directed by Waters Funeral Home, will be in Florence Memorial Gardens. Mr. and Mrs. Furr died Sunday near Hartsville in a boating accident. Mrs. Claudine ‘‘Tweety’’ Edgerton Furr was born in Florence, a daughter of Mrs. Claudine McLeod Edgerton and the late John W. Edgerton. She was a graduate of McClenaghan High School and Winthrop College. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, the Sunday School class and was active in the Family YMCA. She was a secretary for Kirven, Strobel & Wukela Law Firm. Surviving besides her mother of Florence are two sisters, Mrs. Peter (Minna) Buyck of St. Matthews, Mrs. R. H. (Gail) McDowell of Pineville, La.; a brother, John W. ‘‘Bill’’ Edgerton Jr. of Florence; the maternal grandfather C. R. McLeod of Florence; and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Alma Edgerton of Mars Bluff. Mr. Furr was born in Hickory, N.C., a son of Lee R. and Darlene Wilson Furr. He was a graduate of Newton High School and American College of Paris, France. He was a member of Grace United Church of Christ in Newton, N.C., the Howe Springs Volunteer Fire Department and was active in the Family YMCA. He was employed by General Electric Corporation. Surviving besides his parents of Florence are a sister, Miss Sarah Elizabeth Furr of Florence; four brothers, Thomas Daniel Furr, Robert M. Furr, James E. Furr and John C, Furr all of Florence; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. J. Hal Wilson of Newton, N.C. and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Richard James of Newton, N.C.Florence Morning News, Florence, South Carolina, May 4, 1976
Endnotes
1. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
2. Florence Morning News, Florence, South Carolina, July 7, 1974.
3. Florence Morning News, Florence, South Carolina, May 3, 1976.
4. findagrave.com.