Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Furr, Rosa Lee Happer September 13, 1981
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Virginian-Pilot September 14, 1981
NORFOLK — Mrs. Rosa Lee Happer Furr, 82, of 3900 Llewellyn Ave., former society 
editor of the Portsmouth Star newspaper, died Sunday in a hospital. A native of 
Portsmouth, she was the widow of Herman Richard Furr and the daughter of the 
late Capt. John Willis Happer.
She attended school in Portsmouth and was a graduate of Phillips and West School 
in Norfolk. Also educated in music, she had been first soprano in the choirs of 
Church of the Good Shepherd and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, as well as other 
churches and had given concerts over radio station WTAR.
A descendant of Col. Richard Lee of Dividing Creek, she was a member of the 
Society of Lees of Virginia. She was a descendant also of Dr. William Happer, an 
early Norfolk physician.
She was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Norfolk Society of the Arts, 
Town and Country Garden Club, and the Matinee Music Club.
Survivors include a son, Dr. John Happer Furr, of Norfolk, and seven 
grandchildren.
A funeral will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Elmwood Cemetery by the Rev. J.E.D. 
Harris. H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk, is handling arrangements. The 
family will be at 1216 W. Princess Anne Road, Norfolk. Memorial donations may be 
made to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.


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