Individual Details

Marriage

Married: On the 15th of November, 1877, by Elder Joseph Furr, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Geo. Henry Furr, of Loudoun county, to Miss Rosa, eldest daughter of Joseph White, of Montgomery county, Md.

Shown as a widow in the 1910 and 1920 census.

Death

This is from a copy of "Sign of the Times". Mrs. Rosie White Furr, our sister in Christ, passed away from this earthly life at her home, Adamstown, Maryland, September 27th, 1929. She was born October 18th, 1847, making her stay in this world nearly 82 years. Her parents were brother Joseph and sister Ann White, both deceased several years ago. She is survived by one sister and four brothers: Mrs. Mary E.W. Pratt, of Morgantown, W. Va., Mr. John White, of Terre Haute, Ind., Mr. Furr White of Poolsville, Md., brother B. Frank White and Mr. Arthur White, both of Adamstown, Md. Sister Rosie was married many years ago to Mr. Henry Furr, son of Johnson Furr, and nephew of the late Elder Joseph Furr. Her husband preceded her to the grave several years ago. To them had been born three girls all of who died of diphtheria in rapid succession. To these sorrows which had befallen her she was in addition afficted with blindness. Her life was indeed one of suffering and sore trails, yet was she given grace through the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to bear all patiently and without either complaint or murmur. She was baptized by the late Elder Furr, in 1877, into the New Valley Old School Baptist Church, and at the time of her death was the oldest of our members in the New Valley Church, both in age and in membership. She had not been in good health for many months, had been confined to her room since June of this year, but not all the time in bed. The end came to her very peacefully. She was in her right mind to the last, but suffered no pain when death came, just falling peacefully asleep as a tired child might in the bosom of its mother. Services were held at the home in Adamstown on Monday afternoon, September 30th, the writer speaking from the fifteenth chapter of first Corinthians. Burial was in Union Cemetery, at Leesburg, Virginia. May the Lord comfort the bereaved family and church, giving us the blessed assurance that for our sister to depart and be with Christ is her eternal gain.