Frances Furman Hewitt

COLUMBIA - Funeral service for Frances deSaussure Furman Hewitt, 101, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 4, 2014, at Dunbar Funeral Home, 3926 Devine Street, Columbia, S.C., 29205, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 1 until 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Hewitt died Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Born April 14, 1913 in Rockingham, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Charles Manning Furman, Jr., and Ina Jones Furman. She was a member of First Baptist Churches of Greenville and Columbia. Surviving are her sons, T. Furman Hewitt (Donna) of Easley, Richard F. Hewitt (Annetta) of Greenville; grandchildren, Rick Hewitt (Amelia), Tom Hewitt (Ashley), Jay Hewitt (Anna), Camille Adams (Ben), Kimberly Saccone (Jim); and 13 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are nephews and nieces: Charlie and Robert Furman; Jim, Joan and John Furman; James and Richard Furman; Nell Neunhoffer; Larry Griffin, Susan G. Green; and sister-in-law, Alma Furman. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Howard Hewitt; and brothers, Charles, Henry, and Alester Furman. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101 or Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Hwy, Greenville, SC 29613.