Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameEdith Virginia Morton
Birth23 Sep 1926, Stanly County, NC
Death21 Jun 2012, CMC-Northeast, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
Burial24 Jun 2012, Bear Creek PBC Cemetery, Stanly County, NC
FatherRev. James Luther Morton (1903-1988)
MotherMaggie Belle Hatley (1908-1985)
Spouses
Birth2 Nov 1925, Stanly County, NC
Death20 May 2005, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Burial22 May 2005, Bear Creek PBC Cemetery, Stanly County, NC
FatherAlbert Farrenton Furr (1893-1972)
MotherSarah Eudy (1894-1972)
ChildrenTangela (1958-2016)
Notes for Edith Virginia Morton
Edith Virginia Morton Furr

Sunday, June 24, 2012 — Edith Virginia Morton Furr, age 85, of Albemarle, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Thursday, June 21, 2012, at CMC-NE.
The family will receive friends at Bear Creek Primitive Baptist Church, 22182 Canton Road, Albemarle, N.C., on Sunday, June 24 from 2-4 p.m.

A graveside service will follow at 4 p.m., officiated by Rev. J.C. Souther, in the church cemetery.   

Mrs. Furr was born in Stanly County on September 23, 1926, to the late James Luther Morton and the late Maggie Belle Hatley Morton. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Riley “Clayton” Furr on May 20, 2005; one sister, Geneva Morton; and one brother, Paul Morton.

She is survived by four daughters, Casinia Eudy and her husband David, Tereda Horton and her husband Belton, Gwendolyn Burris and her life partner Richard, and Tangela Furr, of the home, all of Albemarle; nine  grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.  

Mrs. Furr had been employed by Wiscassett Mills and E.J. Snyder Textiles and she retired from Stanly Knitting Mills.   

The family would like to express a special thanks to Tonya Barbee, of HomeCare of the Carolinas, for the excellent care she provided during their mother’s illness.  

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Furr family.

Stanly News & Press, 25 Jun 2012
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