Individual Details
Robert Ray FURR
(April 27, 1916 - December 9, 2007)
Events
| Birth | April 27, 1916 | Hepzibah, Harrison County, WV |  | ||
| Occupation | 1940 | WPA laborer - Marion County, WV | |||
| Marriage | September 26, 1970 | Frederick County, VA - Helen Louise BARKER | | ||
| Death | December 9, 2007 | Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV |  | | |
| Marriage | Lefa B. FOLTZ | ||||
| Alt name | Ray Robert FURR | ||||
| Military | World War II | | | ||
| Burial | Grandview Memorial Gardens, Fairmont, Marion County, WV | |
Families
| Spouse | Lefa B. FOLTZ (1923 - 2003) |
| Child | Rev. Robert R. "Bob" FURR Jr. (1956 - 2011) |
| Spouse | Helen Louise BARKER (1936 - 2023) |
| Father | Lawrence FURR (1892 - 1972) |
| Mother | Louisanna L. "Anna" JENKINS (1890 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Mary Virginia FURR (1912 - 1994) |
| Sibling | Opal Gay FURR (1914 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Dorothy Nettie FURR (1918 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Mildred Pearl FURR (1920 - ) |
| Sibling | Bernice June FURR (1924 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Fred Glenn FURR (1926 - ) |
| Sibling | Louella Mae FURR (1932 - 2020) |
Notes
Death
Ray Robert Furr, 91, of Fairmont, died on Sunday (Dec. 9, 2007) at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg. He was born on April 27, 1916, in Hepzibah, son of the late Lawrence and Anna Jenkins Furr. Mr. Furr proudly served in the United States Army in World War II. He was stationed in Germany at the Medics 132 Evacuation Hospital. He worked as a coal miner at the Rachel mines. Ray was a member of the American Legion Unit 31 in Shinnston. In his earlier years he enjoyed camping, hunting and playing the guitar with a group of friends who had a band together. Ray is survived by his loving wife, Helen Louise Barker Shingleton Furr; two step-sons, Robert Shingleton and his wife Donna Marie of Mannington and Russell Shingleton and his wife “Tiny” of Grafton; his sisters, Bernice Abel of Fairmont and Louella Orsini of Fairmont; a granddaughter, Tonya Shingleton of Mannington; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Glenn Furr; and his sisters, Opal Demastus, Dorothy Elza, Mildred Hall and Mary Looman. Friends may call at Carpenter and Ford Funeral Home, 209 Merchant St., Fairmont today from 1-8 p.m. and on Wednesday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 1 p.m. with Evangelist Aaron B. Justice Sr. officiating. Interment will immediately follow at Grandview Memorial Gardens. Full military rites will be conducted at grave side by the local Marion County Veterans Council Honor Guard.Times West Virginian, Janaury 11, 2007
Military
Name: Ray R FurrBirth Year: 1916
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: West Virginia
State: West Virginia
County or City: Marion
Enlistment Date: 26 Apr 1944
Enlistment State: Kentucky
Enlistment City: Fort Thomas Newport
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
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: Automobile Serviceman
Marital Status: Married
Height: 89
Weight: 006
Endnotes
1. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, www.wvculture.org.
2. Virginia Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988. Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 27 October 2020..
3. Times West Virginian, Fairmont, West Virginia, December 11, 2007.
4. 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..
5. findagrave.com.