Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Furr, Carlton Harris Sr April 29, 1969
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Virginian Pilot May 1, 1969

               Carlton H. Furr, Norfolk Life Insurance Counselor

Carlton H. Furr of 1418 Graydon Place, retired Norfolk general agent and life 
insurance counselor for Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co., Philadelphia, died 
Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in a hospital.
A native of Loudoun County, he was the husband of Mrs. Marion Carter Furr and a 
son of John William and Mrs. Mary Frazier Furr. He lived here 60 years.
He came here in 1909 and became special agent for Providential Mutual. He was 
promoted to general agent in 1909 and held this position until retirement in 
1955.
He was first agent in Norfolk to write a total of $1 million of life insurance. 
He was a former director of National Life Underwriters Association of the United 
States, president of General Agents Association of Provident Mutual and 
president of Norfolk-Portsmouth Life Underwriters Association.
He was a charter member of Princess Anne Country Club, a member and former 
vestryman of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, a member and former director of 
Norfolk Yacht County Club and Virginia Club, a member of Mallory Country Club 
and former member of German Club.
Surviving besides his widow, are two sons, Carlton H. Furr Jr. of Galveston, 
Tex. and Carter Branham Snow Furr of Norfolk; five brothers, Herman Furr of 
Norfolk, Lester Furr of Decatur, Ga., William Furr of Bowling Green, Blakley 
Furr of Loudoun County and Guy L. Furr of Roanoke; and three sisters, Mrs. 
Joseph Kottinger of San Francisco, Mrs. Edward Dishman of Warrenton and Mrs. 
Gerald Morgan of Hyattsville, Md.
The body will be taken from H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments to St. Andrew's 
Episcopal Church for a funeral service Friday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Roger C. 
Snyder. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
The family requests that flowers be omitted and contributions be made to St. 
Andrew's Episcopal Church or King's Daughters Children's Hospital.



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