Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAriel Woodward
Birth26 Aug 1926, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Death5 Jan 2014, Asheboro, Randolph County, NC
Burial8 Jan 2014, Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
Spouses
Birth26 Jun 1925, Cabarrus County, NC
Death31 Jan 2022, Randolph Hospice House, Asheboro, Randolph County, NC
Burial3 Feb 2022, Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
FatherAdam Paul Furr (1898-1957)
MotherFannie Mae Harwood (1901-1988)
ChildrenDeborah
 Denise
Notes for Ariel Woodward
Ariel Woodward Furr

CONCORD - Ariel Woodward Furr, of Asheboro, formerly, of Concord, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at Randolph Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 8, at Wilkinson Funeral Home Chapel, with the Revs. R. Ben Durand and Mark Hall officiating. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.

Born Aug. 26, 1926, in Salisbury, Ariel was the daughter of the late Adam and Ruby Tuck Woodward of Kannapolis. Ariel graduated from J. W. Cannon High School and previously worked for The Life Insurance Company of Virginia as well as The Concord Merchants Association. In 1969 Credit Women International honored Ariel as "Woman of the Year". She was active in her church, Kerr Street Baptist Church, as a leader for Girl's Auxiliary, choir member and church soloist.

A devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she is survived by her husband, Everett E. "Sam" Furr; daughters, Denise F. Durand and husband, Bob, of Asheboro and Deborah F. Harrell and husband, Ed, of Winston Salem; sisters, Dorthea Overcash, of Kannapolis, Claudia Daves, of Concord and Esther Ingram, of China Grove; grandchildren, Brian J. Harrell, Erin H. Robertson, R. Ben Durand and Elizabeth D. Strider; 12 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Randolph County, 416 Vision Dr., Asheboro, NC 27203.

Wilkinson Funeral Home is serving the Furr family.

Independent-Tribune, 7 Jan 2014
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