Fenelon D. Hewitt

Hewitt was born in 1883 in Mars Hill, near Smithdale, in Amite County, Mississippi. He was one of 11 sons and a daughter born to Thomas J. and Emily Loflin Hewitt. Three of his siblings died in infancy, but five of his brothers became doctors.^[1][2] He attended Mars Hill Public School.^[2] He attended Millsaps College, graduating with honors in 1905.^[2] He graduated from the University of Mississippi with a L. L. B. in 1907.^[2]

He began practicing law in the same year in McComb, Mississippi.^[2] He was a Judge of the Police Court there from 1909 to 1913.^[2] After being elected in November 1915, he represented Pike County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916 to 1920.^[2] Later, he served another term in the same position from 1944 to 1948.^[3]

He died in McComb Infirmary in 1961, three days after suffering a stroke while presiding in a Magnolia court.^[1]