James Marion "Sonny" Furr, Jr., 57, of Snellville died Monday, September 17, 2007, at Walton Regional Medical Center in Monroe. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 21, 2007, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Rick King will officiate with burial to follow in Turner Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Berrien County.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, September 20, 2007, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for funerals.
Mr. Furr was born on January 13, 1950 in Valdosta and was the son of James Marion Furr, Sr. and Jacqueline Sapp Furr Childs, both deceased. He was a drywall finisher and a member of New Life Ministries in Loganville.
Mr. Furr is survived by his wife, Sybil Panter Furr of Snellville; two daughters, Jana Lowder of Dacula and Stephanie Furr of Cumming; three brothers, Jerry K. Furr of Jacksonville, Florida, Thomas W. Furr of Saint Augustine, Florida and Robert Childs of Plant City, Florida; three sisters, Judy Davis of Waterloo, Elizabeth Jane Cleveland of Waterloo and Nancy Childs Marling of Mandarin, Florida; and four grandchildren, Jessica Lowder of Dacula, Jacob Lowder of Dacula, Grace Lowder of Dacula and Jordan Coffey of Cumming.