FURR, Freeman
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 27 Feb 1978 p 2
Veedersburg - Freeman Furr, 88, retired railroader and barber, died today in Covington Nursing Home where he had resided since 1975. He retired from the railroad in 1962 at Pekin, Illinois. Born July 3, 1889 at Veedersburg he was a son of Jacob and Mary Catherine Kerr Furr. He was married June 4, 1913 to Nora Edna Clickner. She died in 1976. Survivors include 3 sons: Mont Byron of Creve Coeuer, Ill; Jack Dean of Hillsboro and James Richard of LaCrosse, Wis; a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Ruth Kenner of Brookhaven, Miss; 14 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in Dickerson Funeral Home here with Rev. Thomas G. Howell officiating. Burial will be in Rockfield Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. - kbz
Source: Covington Friend Thursday, March 2, 1978
Freeman Furr, 88, a former barber in Veedersburg, died at 2 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27, 1978, at the Covington Manor Health Center. He had been a patient there for three years.
Mr. Furr retired as a railroad worker in 1926 in Pekin, Ill., where he resided for 35 years.
Born July 3, 1889 in Veedersburg, he was the son of Jacob and Mary Catherine Kerr Furr. He married Nora Edna Clickner on June 4, 1913 in Veedersburg. She died in 1976.
Survivors include three sons, Mont Byron Furr of Creve Coeur, Ill., Dr. Jack Dean Furr of Hillsboro and James Richard Furr of Lacrosse, Wis.; a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Ruth Kenner of Brookhaven, Miss.; 14 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sons, two grandchildren, a brother and a sister. – thanks to S