Individual Details

Death

Margaret Furr Lee, 99, died June 20, 2007, in Brookhaven. Visitation is 5 until 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, and 1 p.m. Friday, June 22, at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home on High Street in Jackson. Services are at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park on Clinton Boulevard. Margaret Elizabeth Furr was born on Nov. 15, 1907, in Lincoln County near Wesson to William H. and Lena Dorsey Furr. Paternal grandparents were William Pendleton and Elizabeth Farmer Furr, and maternal grandparents were Tom and Ada Cole Dorsey. She was the fifth of eight children. She graduated with an Associate in Arts degree in 1930 from Copiah-Lincoln Junior College (the college's first graduating class) and State Teachers' College (now the University of Southern Mississippi) in Hattiesburg in 1932 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Her majors were English and history. She later completed graduate studies at Tulane University and Louisiana State University. Mrs. Lee was an outstanding educator, having taught 31 years, beginning in Ruth and Loyd Star, as a high school English teacher. It was during this time (1944) that she married Thomas Ferguson Lee and moved to Jackson. She ended her teaching career in 1973 as a sixth grade teacher at Pearl Upper Elementary School. She was a dedicated and beloved teacher, and many of her former students continued to keep in touch with her through the years that followed her retirement. A charter member of Oak Forest Baptist Church in Jackson, Margaret served for a number of years as a ladies Sunday School teacher. In 1998 Thomas and she moved to Riggs Manor Retirement Community in Raymond where they became members of First Baptist Church of Raymond. In 2005 she moved to Wesson to be near her daughter and her family and became a member of the Wesson Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughter, Janice Lee Puckett; son-in-law, Dr. Terry J. Puckett; grandson, Corey Lee Puckett, all of Wesson; grandson Dr. Mark Puckett (Julie) of Florence, Ala.; granddaughter Tanya Puckett Sturtz (Jerry), of Zanesville, Ohio; sisters-in-law, Katie Furr, of Wesson, and Florence Lee, of Madison; five great-grandchildren and several beloved nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Will Lena Furr Wright and Lynelle Furr Bates; brothers, Wilmer Furr, Ray A. Furr, Carl R. Furr, W. Hubert Furr and Lester R. Furr; and granddaughter Lara Puckett. Mrs. Lee will be remembered for her wonderful sense of humor, love of laughter, love for her family and friends, her deep and abiding faith in Christ Jesus and love for His Church. Memorials may be made to Oak Forest Baptist Church, 2875 Oak Forest Drive, Jackson, MS 39212, or Wesson Baptist Church, Wesson, MS 39191.
The Daily Leader, Brookhaven, Mississippi, March 21, 2007