Individual Details

Death

Stonewall, Feb. 5.—Alexander Furr, of this place, died on the morning of the 28th of last month, aged 51 years. On Sunday morning, just one week before his death, his wife left him in his usual health and attended church. On her return she found him very sick and in bed, having taken a chill, and also suffering with severe pain in his side. Thus he continued to suffer until Tuesday morning, when medical aid was summoned. The doctor found him in a very precarious condition, threatened with pneumonia and used every means to counteract the fell disease, but he continued to grow worse. Another doctor was called to consult, but the disease baffled the skill of both. Death had chosen its victim, and the power of medical aid could not resist the ineffable summons, and as the morning sun was rising to illuminate the Sabbath day his spirit took its flight beyond the river of time. The deceased was well known to many people of Augusta county and Staunton, having spent 30 years or more in milling. At one time he was with Witz & Holt, of Staunton, and for several years at the Harman Mill, from which place he moved to the Stonewall Mills. Alexander Furr was a son of Allison Furr, who served his state bravely through the late war. He married a daughter of Joseph A. Houff, who survives him, with two children, Mrs. Alias Snow and Oscar Furr, and four brothers, Edward, Thomas, Eli and Lincoln, together with a host of relatives and friends. When a good and useful man dies it casts a sadness over the whole community in which he lived that cannot easily be erased from the minds and hearts of those who knew him. He was a kind and affectionate husband and father, a good and obliging neighbor, a friend to the poor and needy, and was never known to withhold a helping hand when the needy applied for help. With sorrow we bow to the will of Him who knows all things best, and say good-bye. Alex, your familiar face and pleasant conversation, can be enjoyed with us no more on earth, but we console ourselves with the pleasant thought that you are at rest in the mansions prepared for the people of God.
Staunton Spectator and Vindicator, Staunton, Virginia, Februart 9, 1900