Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Furr, Mary Eugenia McCardell March 30, 2012
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Virginian-Pilot April 1, 2012


Mary Furr Norfolk - Mary Eugenia McCardell Furr, 75, passed away on Friday, 
March 30, 2012. She was born in Norfolk, Virginia on January 8, 1937 and 
shortly thereafter moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the daughter of 
William Ernest McCardell and Mary Adelia Atkinson McCardell. She graduated from 
the Sacred Heart Academy, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1954. She attended Mary 
Washington College and Tulane University. She returned to Norfolk in 1958 upon 
her father's retirement from the United States Maritime Administration. In 
1960, she married John Happer Furr, M.D. During her life she served on various 
boards and volunteer organizations. She was president of St. Mary's Infant Home 
and was an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She served on the 
flower guilds of Sacred Heart Church and the Chrysler Museum of Art. She was an 
active member of the Garden Club of Norfolk, the Garden Club of Virginia and 
the Garden Club of America. She was a member of the Ruth Sargeant Circle of the 
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, the Junior League of Norfolk, and 
the Women's Auxiliary of the Norfolk Academy of Medicine. She was a devoted 
wife, mother and Grandmother and especially enjoyed following her 
grandchildren's athletic and artistic activities. She is survived by her 
husband of 51 years John Happer Furr and their children: Mary Eugenia (Jeanie) 
Daniel and her husband William Scott Daniel; John Happer Furr, Jr.; William 
McCardell Furr and his wife Margaret Kyle Tabor Furr; Rosa Lee Furr; and Adelia 
(Dee Dee) Atkinson Gregoire and her husband Paul Henri Gregoire and eight 
grandchildren: Mary and Will Daniel; Margaret, Tabor and Jack Furr; and John, 
Catherine and Leah Gregoire. She is also survived by her brother William Ernest 
McCardell, Jr. and his wife Ann Yancey McCardell, her sister-in-law Elizabeth 
Huffington Furr, her nieces Elizabeth Furr Johnson and Anne Furr Huffman, and 
her nephew William Thomas McCardell. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. 
on Monday, April 2, 2012 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Norfolk. A luncheon 
will follow at 1216 W. Princess Anne Rd., Norfolk. The family is receiving 
visitors at 1216 W. Princess Anne Rd., Norfolk.

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