Individual Details
Clyde "Junior" FURR Jr.
(January 25, 1921 - July 13, 1991)
Events
| Birth | January 25, 1921 | Smithville, Ritchie County, WV |  | ||
| Occupation | 1950 | truck driver - Parkersburg, Wood County, WV | |||
| Death | July 13, 1991 | Marietta, Washington County, OH |  | | |
| Marriage | Delouris Mae HARDMAN | ||||
| Soc Sec No | 232-40-9905 | | |||
| Military | World War II | | | ||
| Burial | Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie County, WV | |
Families
| Spouse | Delouris Mae HARDMAN (1927 - 2012) |
| Child | Carol Ann FURR (1950 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Clyde "III" FURR (1955 - 1973) |
| Father | Clyde FURR (1893 - 1974) |
| Mother | Cora Louise HAWKINS (1899 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Eunice Pauline FURR (1917 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Paul Edward "Jack" FURR (1919 - 2002) |
| Sibling | Frances Kathleen FURR (1924 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Helen Louise FURR (1928 - 1995) |
| Sibling | William R. "Bill" FURR (1932 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Patricia Lou FURR (1937 - ) |
Notes
Death
Clyde "Junior" FURR, Jr., 71, of Rt. 3, Smithville, WV, died Saturday, July 13, 1991, in Marietta, OH, while participating in a horseshoe pitching tournament with the Ritchie County Horseshoe Pitchers Association, of which he was a member. He was born in Smithville, Ritchie County, WV, a son of the late Clyde Sr., and Cora HAWKINS FURR. He was a retired meter reader and chart reader with Consolidated Natural Gas near Smithville. He was a former member of the Burnt House I.O.O.F. Lodge in Ritchie County, had participated in the Civilian Conservation Corps as a young adult and was a veteran of World War II with service in the North African and European theaters. He attended Riddles' Chapel Congregational Church in Ritchie County. Surviving are his wife of 43 years, Delouris HARDMAN FURR; two daughters, Carol SIMMONS of Rt. 1, Harrisville (Mellin), WV, and Ocie SNODGRASS of Parkersburg, WV; a son, Edward FURR of Smithville; two brothers, Paul "Jack" FURR of Macfarlan, WV, and William "Bill" FURR of Burnt House; four sisters, Eunice CLEVENGER of Shelby, OH, Kathleen GIBSON of Huntington, WV, Patricia SHARP of Vancouver, WA, and Helen WILSON of Lancaster, CA; and six grandchildren. Preceding him in death was a son, Clyde FURR III. Services were held at the Hardman Chapel United Methodist Church, near Smithville, with the Rev. Harlan Hodge officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. The McCullough-Rogers Funeral Home, Pennsboro, WV was in charge of arrangements."Ritchie Gazette" 18 July 1991 pg 6
Military
Name: Clyde Furr JrBirth Year: 1855
Nativity State or Country: West Virginia
State: West Virginia
County or City: Ritchie
Enlistment Date: 19 Jun 1940
Enlistment State: Ohio
Enlistment City: Niles
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Education: 2 years of college
Civil Occupation: Sound Recording Equipment Maintenance Man (Sound recording equipment repairman, motion picture. ) or Transmission Man, Sound (Electrician)
Height: 55
Weight: 656
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: "West Virginia Births, 1853–1930." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. From digital images of copies of originals housed in County Courthouses throughout West Virginia. Birth records..
2. Ohio Department of Health. Ohio Death Index, 1958-2000 [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Ohio Department of Health. Index to Annual Deaths, 1958-2000. Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus, Ohio..
3. Ritchie Gazette, Ritchie County, West Virginia, July 18, 1991.
4. United States Social Security Death Index.
5. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD..
6. findagrave.com.