FLOY MARIE FURR PERSON
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IL9  FLOY MARIE FURR was a native of Dover in Pope County, Arkansas. She was 
born. July 2, 1911 the daughter of  Martin and   Kathryn Reynolds Furr. She attended 
school in Pope County and is a housewife in 1968. She has one sister,   Allie Furr 
Edwards, and two brothers,  Gordon and  Bill Furr. When very young she knew of the 
Person family through her Uncles  Levi and  Ira Furr families who lived neighbors 
with the Persons on White Oak mountain.
    
She and  James Person married June 25, 1934. They lived in Carden Bottom all their 
married life. No issue, but they reared a niece,  Carol Jean Person.
    
Floy's father  Mart was killed by lightning when she was a child. Her mother lived 
with her and  James the last few years of her life. She died November 11, 1949. Her 
parents are buried in a cemetery between Russellville and Dover a short distance off 
Highway #7.
    
 Floy and  James joined the Order of the Eastern Star April 23, 1953 as charter members 
of Council Oaks Chapter #589. They joined the Methodist Church on Easter Sunday, 
April 10, 1955 at the First Methodist Church in Dardanelle, Arkansas.

She was installed as Worthy Grand Matron of Council Oaks Chapter #589 on 
December 9, 1957. Her husband,  James Person, served as her Worthy Patron.