Winifred Hamrick Farrar, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Winifred Hamrick Farrar

American poet

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1923

Date of Death: 06-Nov-2010

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Winifred Hamrick Farrar (5 March 1923 – 6 November 2010) was the Poet Laureate of Mississippi from 1978 to 2010. She was born on a family farm near Collinsville.
She graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1945, married Robert H.
Farrar, and taught English for thirty years in public schools in Meridian.
She earned a Master's degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1962. She was appointed Poet Laureate on 31 July 1978 by Governor Cliff Finch.