He was ordained as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church on June 11, 1959 at St. Phillips Church, Charleston, S.C., Reverend Furlow, in his 50+ years of ministry, served the following churches in the Charleston, SC area: Grace Episcopal Church, Chaplain to the Episcopal cadets at the Citadel, St. Jude Church in Walterboro, Sheldon Chapel in McPhersonville, Porter Gaud School, and Calvary Episcopal Church. In the Asheville, NC, area Reverend Furlow provided service to Christ School in Arden and Calvary Episcopal Church in Fletcher. He retired from the active ministry and the United States Naval Reserve Chaplain Corps in 1989. He was married to Jo Marie Harris on November 9, 1968 at Grace Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
