Arthur Furnish

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Arthur W. A.W. Furnish, a native and resident of Baton Rouge, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, at Ochsner Medical Center at age 84. Visitation at Resthaven Funeral Home, on Monday, Dec. 31, from 9 a.m. until funeral service at 10 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Merlin Liverman of Parkview Baptist Church. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Born Aug. 3, 1923, he was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, having served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Tulagi. He was co-owner of Furnish-Earnhart Weatherstripping Co. Survived by his devoted wife of 65 years, Jonnilee Singleton Furnish; three daughters, Beverly and husband Larry Cooper, Baton Rouge, Mary Ann McCoy, Houston, and Sherry and husband Mike Earnhart, Baton Rouge; sister, Paulina Strickland, Kentwood; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents, Paul Sherman Furnish and Virginia Roberts Furnish. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, Larry Cooper Jr., Lance Dardis, Kurt Dardis, Clint Earnhart, Russell Talbot and Dru Nettles. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc., P.O. Box 17279, Baltimore, MD 21297-0495.
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Visitation

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Sunday, December 30, 2007
5pm 8pm

Service

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Monday, December 31, 2007
9am 10am

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Monday, December 31, 2007
10 am

Cemetery

Resthaven Gardens of Memory
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816

Memorial Contributions

The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc.
PO Box 17279
Baltimore, MD  21297