Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Monday, December 26, 2011 in the chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, 4071 Macon Road, Columbus, GA, 31907 with Reverend David Helms officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Mr. Gurr was born July 31, 1926 in Albany, GA, son of the late Robert Moses and Lucy Thelma Jones Gurr. He worked and retired as a Civil Engineer with Wright Contracting Company and was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church. Mr. Gurr was a graduate of Georgia Tech, a Professional Civil Engineer and a Mason.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Gurr was preceded in death by his loving wife, Mildred Joyce Aultman Gurr; one son, Jeffrey Thomas Gurr; one brother, Willie Gurr; three sisters, Lizzy Gurr, Lula Gurr Lawhorne, and Helen Gurr Ward.
Survivors include his three children, Bonnie Gurr, Dan Gurr and wife, Marcee, and John Gurr and wife, Ann; three siblings, Catherine Anderson, Martha Yarbrough, and Harold Gurr and his wife, Connie; four grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers the family request that donation are made to West Georgia Hospice of LaGrange, 1510 Vernon Road, LaGrange, GA, 30240. To sign the online guest register, please visit www.shcolumbus.com.
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