Individual Details

Hilman Stacy FURR

(23 Dec 1909 - 11 Dec 1968)

He was the chief operator of the power plant when his father passed. He returned from Washington D.C. as superintendent or chief operator of the power plant for the White House, back to Oxford because his father asked him to return home due to his father's ill health, also him being an only child and missed him. This was told to me by Hilman Jr. and my dad who said he sat on the knee of the president, I assume Truman, but I forgot to ask him again as of writing this, if you would like to know I will find out.

Events

Birth23 Dec 1909Mississippi
Occupation1950electrician - Lafayette County, MS
Death11 Dec 1968Memphis, Shelby County, TN
MarriageGladys Gertrude APPLETON
Soc Sec No426-16-1525
BurialMemorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, TN

Families

SpouseGladys Gertrude APPLETON (1916 - 2001)
ChildHilman Stacey FURR Jr. (1937 - 2016)
ChildTyna Gladys FURR (1940 - 2001)
ChildCharles Dewitt FURR (1943 - 2021)
ChildHubert Donnelly "Donald" FURR (1947 - )
ChildWyatt Ward Williams "Bill" FURR (1953 - 2001)
FatherJohn Dewitt FURR (1877 - 1949)
MotherMary Helen COCKRELL (1885 - 1959)

Notes

Death

Hilman Stacy Furr, boiler room engineer at Methodist Hospital, died yesterday at 4:15 p.m. at his home, 2191 Harbert. Mr. Furr grew up on the University of Mississippi campus and attended school there. His late father was in charge of the University boiler room 40 some years before his death. He leaves his wife, Mss. Gladys Furr and a daughter, Tyna Furr of Memphis; four sons, Hilman Furr Jr. of Germany, Charles DeWitt Furr, Hubert Donnelly Furr and Wyatt Ward Williams Furr, all of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
The Memphis Press-Scimitar, Memphis, Tennessee, December 12, 1968

Endnotes

1. "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images,  FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSLH-MH1 : 13 December 2020).

2. United States Social Security Death Index.

3. findagrave.com.