Funeral services for James Thurman Furry, age 96, of Brownwood, Texas will be held 10 AM Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at the Heartland Funeral Home with Rev. Shanna Neff officiating. Interment with Military Honors will follow in the Windham Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5:00 – 6:00 PM Tuesday at the funeral home. Mr. Furry passed away Friday in Brownwood surrounded by his loving family.
James Thurman Furry was born December 22, 1919 in Byrds, Texas to Claude Franklin and Bertha Ann Mallone Furry. On December 8, 1940 he married Odessa Mae McGuire in Grosvenor, Texas; and she preceded him in death on February 24, 1997. James entered the Army Air Corps on November 29, 1943 in Dallas, Texas. After proudly serving our country during WW II, he was honorably discharged as a Corporal at Sheppard Field, Texas on November 2, 1945. He attended Daniel Baker College in Brownwood, worked in the oil industry and was a Petroleum Engineer with Russell Engineering in Abilene, Texas, when he retired in 1981.
Survivors include three daughters Thurlene Joy Price and husband Roy of Cloudcroft, New Mexico; Linda Darlene Payne of Brownwood, Texas; Judy Kay Trollinger and husband Michael of Brady, Texas; daughter-in-law Ginger Furry of Silver City, New Mexico; nine grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren and numerous great great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his son Larry Wayne Furry of Silver City, NM; three sisters Thelma Adele Furry St. Ama, Jewell Elizabeth Furry Wyatt and Emily Claudean Furry Windham and by one brother Charles Troy Furry.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.heartlandfuneralhome.net.
Heartland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
