Obituary for Joseph Allen (Joe)
Furry Joseph Allen (Joe)
Furry
U. S. Navy Veteran Was CSX Enginner, Property Surveyor; Also Served As Interim Pastor Of White Rock Gap Church
Joseph Allen (Joe)
Furry, age 91, of 1209 Hamilton Avenue, Clifton Forge, Virginia, died Monday,
June 8, 2015 at the residence of his daughter, 1120 Madison Avenue, Clifton
Forge.
Joe was born March 12, 1924 in Clifton Forge to the late Reuel Samuel and
Rosa Lee "Minnie" Fridley.
He served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1948
and the United States Navy Reserve from 1948 to 1963. He was an engineer for CSX
Transportation, retiring after 33 years, as well as a property surveyor.
He was
a former member and deacon of the Clifton Forge Baptist Church and a former
member of the Clifton Forge Masonic Lodge # 166 A. F. & A. M.
Joe lived close to
the cross and served as an interim pastor at White Rock Gap Church for a number
of years.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by five sisters,
Annie Pauline Mason, Catherine Paitsel, Thelma Louise Waters, Nellie Juanita
Wilcher, and Ruby Lee Stogdale; and two brothers, Robert L. Furry and Charles E.
Furry.
He is survived by a daughter, Linda D. Furry Barron of Clifton Forge; a
son, David K. Furry and wife, Wanda Mae of Clifton Forge; a sister, Margarett
Golden Fields of Reisterstown, MD; a former wife, Elizabeth Clendenen of
Roanoke; five grandchildren, Erik Furry, Heather Nicole Furry, Jessica K.
Cooper, Lisa Dawn Barron and Richard R. Barron II; eleven great grandchildren;
and a number of nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held on Friday,
June 12, 2015 at 11:00 AM in the chapel of Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge
with Reverend J. Glenn Linthicum officiating. Interment will follow in Mountain
View Cemetery, Clifton Forge. Graveside Military Rites will be conducted by
members of the Burnside-Carpenter VFW Post 4299. Pallbearers will be Wilton
Stogdale, Wayne Stogdale, Richard Terrell, Melvin W. Mason, Erik T. Furry, Carl
Furry, Curtis Furry and Richard Reid Barron II.
The family will receive friends
on Thursday evening from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Nicely Funeral Home. The
family suggests memorial tributes take the form of contributions to the Clifton
Forge Baptist Church, 511 McCormick Boulevard, P. O. Box 121, Clifton Forge, VA 24422.
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