Individual Details

Death

Gilbert Furr, 67, of Parkersburg, passed away Wednesday, April 18, while working in his farm garden in Ritchie County. He was a veteran of World War II. He attended the Big Island Run Methodist Church and was a retired employee of the Davis Water Company. He had driven the Belpre bus for 15 years. Survivors include his wife, Ruby; three sons, James of Parkersburg, Ralph of Vale, N.C., and Robert with the U.S. Navy; three daughters, Patricia Furr and Mary Lou Cox, both of Parkersburg, and Crystal Delaney of Mineral Wells; one brother, Basil, of Jessup, Md.; five sisters, Bessie Delaney of Petroleum, Clara Jenkins and Mabel Jones, both of Macfarlan, Leona Cain of Chillicothe, O., and Frances Leahman, of Texas; and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at the Big Island Run Methodist Church on State Route 53. He was interred in the Lewis Cemetery on State Rt. 47, in Ritchie County. Pomroy Funeral Home of Elizabeth was in charge of the arrangements.

Military

about Gilbert Furr
Name: Gilbert Furr
Birth Year: 1906
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: West Virginia
State: West Virginia
County or City: Wood
Enlistment Date: 1 Oct 1942
Enlistment State: Kentucky
Enlistment City: Fort Thomas Newport
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Tracktor Driver* or Truck Driver, Heavy or Chauffeur or Truck Driver, Light An asterisk (*) appearing after a job title indicates that a trade test for the particular occupation will be found in the United States Employment Service Manual, Oral Trade Test
Marital Status: Separated, with dependents
Height: 70
Weight: 133