Individual Details
John Dewitt FURR
(6 Mar 1877 - 8 Aug 1949)
While you know John Dewitt worked at Ole Miss, he also got his degrees from there also, B.S. in 1902 and M.A. in 1905. He began as superintendent at Ole Miss in 1909 by record from the school, not 1908 as paper obituary states, until death.
Events
| Birth | 6 Mar 1877 | Oxford, Lafayette County, MS |  | ||
| Marriage | 24 Oct 1906 | Chickasaw County, MS - Mary Helen COCKRELL | | ||
| Occupation | Bet 1910 and 1920 | power house electrician - Lafayette County, MS | |||
| Occupation | 1930 - 1940 | power plant superintendent - Lafayette County, MS | |||
| Death | 8 Aug 1949 | Oxford, Lafayette County, MS |  | | |
| Burial | Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Lafayette County, MS | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Helen COCKRELL (1885 - 1959) |
| Child | Hilman Stacy FURR (1909 - 1968) |
| Father | James Stacy FURR (1845 - 1934) |
| Mother | Mary Ellenda MORRISON (1848 - 1925) |
| Sibling | William Allison FURR (1870 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann Susan "Susan" FURR (1871 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Ollie Minnie FURR (1874 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Daniel Hall FURR (1879 - 1895) |
| Sibling | Robert Paul FURR (1881 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Kate Lucky FURR (1884 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Walter Curry FURR (1886 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Flora Garnet FURR (1888 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Dr. James Edward FURR (1892 - 1949) |
Notes
Death
University, Aug. 13 — John Dewitt Furr, superintendent of the power plant at the University of Mississippi since 1909, died at his home Friday about 11:15 p.m. at the of 72. He had been ill since last November. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 4 p. m., at the Douglass Funeral home in Oxford, with burial following in St. Peter's. Cemetery. Mr. Furr served as power plant superintendent following erection of the present power house in 1908. Born August 6, 1877, in Lafayette county, he attended the University where he received the Bachelor of Science in 1902 and Master of Arts, 1905. He is a member of Presbyterian church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Furr, Oxford; one son, Hilman Furr, chief operator of the power plant; two brothers, Robert P. Furr, Oxford, assistant power superintendent, and Currie Furr, Helen; three sisters, Mrs. W. W. Kimmons, Mrs. W. R. White and Mrs. Kate Jackson, all of Oxford; and four grandchildhildren. Another brother, the late Dr. D. E. Furr, Marks, died last February.Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, August 14, 1949
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration..
2. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
3. The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi.
4. findagrave.com.