Sicily Island Descendants of Joel Harvey Furr

Joel Harvey Furr was born on December 23, 1825 in Lawrence County, Mississippi.  On February 1, 1844, he married Malona Malvina Newton who was born on September 15, 1826 in Mississippi.  

Joel Harvey Furr died on November 19, 1916 and Malona Malvina Newton Furr died on April 15, 1886.  Both are buried in the Little Bahala Church Cemetery in Woolworth, Lincoln County, Mississippi.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photographs are courtesy of Natalie Maynor at FindAGrave.com)

Descendants of two of the children born to the marriage of Joel Harvey and Malona Newton Furr became residents of Sicily Island. 

Mary Elizabeth, 1848-1920 (m. Marcus Anthony Seal)  Their son, Charles Samuel Seal and wife, Lula May White moved to Sicily Island in 1916.  More information on these descendants can be found by clicking on the Marcus Anthony Seal link.

Levi Wray "Lee" was born on October 16, 1864 in Wesson, Copiah County, Mississippi.  On February 13, 1890, he married Emma Cordelia "Deta" Girault who was born on October 31, 1869. 

Lee was unable to make a decent living in Mississippi so he came to Louisiana the last days of 1913 and began farming on the Bone Batey Place on Brushy Bayou in Franklin Parish while Deta taught school.  They remained on this place for three years and then following the death of his wife, he bought the Chisum place about two miles southwest of Peck, where he lived until his death.  In 1917 he married Mary L. Callender Salter, who had one son, Richard Clark Salter.

In 1920, he bought the Steele Place which joined him on the East, and contained 160 acres.  In 1923, he sold this to his son Roy.  Lee managed this place as well as the other accumulated land purchased by Roy for many years. (Reference:  Our Island Heritage, Vol. 3, 1978, compiled by Sophie Haley and Mickie Smith)

Levi Wray "Lee" Furr died on September 3, 1952.  Emma Cordelia "Deta" Girault Furr died on December 5, 1909.  Both are buried in the Little Bahala Church Cemetery in Woolworth, Lincoln County, Mississippi.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photographs are courtesy of Carolyn Helms at FindAGrave.com)

The following children were born to the marriage of Lee and Deta Furr:

Roy Lee Girault, 1891-1992 (m. Eunice Voss); Both are entombed in the Highland Park Mausoleum in Sicily Island.  (Editor's note:  photograph is courtesy of Shirley Burks Wells at FindAGrave.com)

Jennie Belle, 1893-1985 (m. Ernest Lamar Hoggatt); Both are buried in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.

Clyde Meredith, 1895-1980 (m. Sally Freeman, 1915-2012); Both are buried in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.

Dennis Bryan, 1898-1988 (m. Mary Etta, 1899-1990); Both are buried in the New Pine Hill Cemetery.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photographs are courtesy of Karen Klemm Pinckard at FindAGrave.com)

Marietta, 1899-?

Garland Lyell, 1901-1994 (m. Anna Cloy, 1914-2002)  Both are entombed in the Highland Park Mausoleum in Sicily Island.  (Editor's note:  photographs are courtesy of Shirley Burks Wells at FindAGrave.com)

Virginia Lee "Virgie", 1905-2008 (m. Audley Verne Bird, 1898-1989) Both are buried in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photograph is courtesy of Karen Klemm Pinckard at FindAGrave.com)

Deleta, 1909-2003 (m. 1. Homer Ellis Conn, 1902-1933; 2. John Willard Peniston, 1891-1983); Deleta and John Peniston are entombed in the Highland Park Mausoleum in Sicily Island.  (Editor's note:  photographs are courtesy of Shirley Burks Wells at FindAGrave.com)

The following photograph is courtesy of Ancestry.com member, arleneknight44.