Individual Details

Death

Mr. Randall E. Furr, one of Lincoln county’s most prominent and esteemed citizens, died early Monday morning at the King's Daughter Hospital where he was brought, desperately ill, nine days before. His death followed an acute development of a chronic complaint. He was sixty-six years of age. Mr. Furr’s life was full of achievement and through his death, the county loses one of its finest and most constructive characters. Mr. Furr was exceptionally successful as a farmer and was one of the largest landowners in the county. He was a pioneer dairy farmer, and at his attractive home a few miles, south of Wesson, maintained a large blooded herd. He established and was president of the Wesson Box Factory; owned stock in the Brookhaven Creamery and was a director of the First National Bank of Brookhaven. Mr. Furr was influential in establishing the Agricultural High School for Copiah and Lincoln, and at the time of his death, was president of the Board of Trustees. He was a faithful and active member of Clear Branch Baptist church. Although Mr. Furr’s success and position among his fellow citizens were such as to warrant a feeling of satisfaction, he was one of the most modest and unassuming of men. A high tribute was paid him inadvertently by a friend who said:- “He was well-to-do, but he made every cent honestly.” Mr. Furr’s sister, Mrs. F. E. Crawford was at the Hospital where at her advanced age, she passed the ordeal of an appendix operation, with its danger and apprehension, unaware that her brother was nearing the end of his splendid life in close proximity to her and she has not yet been informed of his death. Surviving are Mr. Furr’s wife, formerly Miss Lou Wiley and their five children all of mature years. The latter are Messrs. Prentiss and Clyde Furr of Lincoln county; Mr. Fred Furr of Wesson; Mrs. A. J. Drane of Wesson and Miss Addie Nell Furr of Lincoln county. Funeral services were announced at the home yesterday evening, and interment for Clear Branch cemetery. Mr. Furr’s record, as given, tells the story of a successful and happy life.