Individual Details

Death

Elizabeth Huffington Furr of Norfolk, Virginia passed away peacefully with her family by her side on October 7, 2025. She was 91. Elizabeth (“Betty”) was born in Norfolk, Virginia on October 15, 1933. She graduated from Churchland High School in 1952. Betty was a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church, the Junior League of Norfolk, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Archeological Society of Virginia, and the Hampton Roads Realtor’s Association. Betty’s real estate career spanned 30 years and included property management, sales, and leasing throughout Hampton Roads. She was also a co-owner of Bed and Breakfast of Tidewater, providing lodging in the Ghent area. Betty is predeceased by her husband, Richard Herman Furr, Jr., and her mother and father, Helen Lang Huffington Simmons and Benjamin Walter Huffington. She leaves behind her beloved daughters, Anne Campbell Furr and Elizabeth Furr Johnson and husband Jeffrey W. Johnson, her adored grandchildren, Kimberly E. Johnson and fiancé, Troy E. Tallaksen, Matthew W. Johnson, and Thomas W. Johnson, and her much-loved nieces and nephews. Betty was deeply loved and respected, and she will be remembered for her kindness, joyful nature, generously of spirit, and enduring love for her family and friends. Her legacy lives on in those that she knew and loved. A service and Celebration of Life will be held in Norfolk at a later date.