Frederick Funderburg (1889 - 1987)

Born 10 Sep 1889 in Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, United States

Husband of Ethel Maude (Westmoreland) Funderburg — married 1921 in Monticello, Jasper, Georgia, United States

Died 16 Jun 1987 at age 97 in Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Frederick Funderburg is a part of US Black heritage.

Frederick Funderburg was born in 1889,^[1] the eldest son of George Funderburg and Ophelia Hugley. He attended Talladega College and Shaw Universities before receiving his M.D from Meharry Medical College in 1921. That same year, he married Ethel Westmoreland, and by 1940, they had five children.

Ethel passed in 1959. In 1969 Frederick married his second wife Marie Brown,^[2] who died in 1982.

Frederick was the first African American to practice medicine in Monticello. He maintained his practice for 50 years. He belonged to the American And Georgia Medical Societies, NAACP, Masons, and Shriner organizations. He passed in 1987 after a long illness following hip surgery. ^[3][4][5] He is buried in South View Cemetery in Atlanta.^[6]

His eldest son 1st Liet Frederick Funderburg First Lieutenant Frederick Funderburg was a Tuskegee airman who died while on a mission in Italy. (He continues to be Missing in Action.)

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZ3-C3S : 6 March 2020), Frederick Douglass Funderburg, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK96-GL52 : 20 February 2021), Frederick Douglass Funderburg and Marie Ellen Brown Frazier, 14 Jul 1969; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Alexandria, , Virginia, United States, certificate 69 024245, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
3. ↑ "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V439-V8G : 24 December 2014), Frederick D Funderburg, 16 Jun 1987; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing DeKalb, Georgia, certificate number 021505, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSTM-NPY : 8 January 2021), Frederick D Funderburg, 16 Jun 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80926181/dr-frederick-funderburg-obit-1987/ The Atlanta Constitution, 18 Jun 1987. pg. 114.Dr. Frederick Funderburg, 97. first black to practice in Monticello, Ga.
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198526405/frederick-douglass-funderburg

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK3R-2JK : accessed 15 July 2020), Fredrick Funderburg in household of George W Funderburg, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 1B, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 4; FHL microfilm 1,374,017.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3WJV-12M : accessed 15 July 2020), Fred D Funderburg, Monticello, Jasper, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 2A, line 17, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 370; FHL microfilm 2,340,105.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7GN-Y9G : 20 December 2019), Frederick Funderburg, Monticello, Militia District 295, Jasper, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 79-11, sheet 3A, line 39, family 56, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 686.

• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJX-CCWQ : 22 October 2019), Frederick Douglas Or Frederick Funderburg, 1 Apr 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.