Jasper Felix Guynes (February 21, 1875 - August 15, 1961) was a Democratic Mississippi state senator and circuit court judge.
Jasper Felix Guynes | |
|---|---|
 1910s | |
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 11th district | |
| In office June 10, 1913 – January 1916 | |
| Preceded by | Elias Alford Rowan |
| Succeeded by | James M. Coen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 21, 1875 Copiah County, MS |
| Died | August 15, 1961 (aged 86) |
| Resting place | Hazlehurst, MS |
| Political party | Democrat |
Biography edit
Jasper Felix Guynes was born on February 21, 1875, near Hazlehurst, in Copiah County, Mississippi.[1] He was the son of Mississippi state legislator Albert Brown Guynes and Emma Jane (Ramsey) Guynes.[1] Jasper graduated from the University of Mississippi with a B. A. in 1898.[1] Then, he graduated from the University of Mississippi Law School with a L.L.B. in 1902.[1] After the death of Mississippi State Senator E. A. Rowan in 1912, Guynes won the election to fill in for the vacancy in the 11th district, as a Democrat.[1][2] He was sworn in during a special legislature session on June 10, 1913.[2] After his term ended, on February 1, 1916, he was appointed Mississippi Circuit Court Judge of the Fourteenth District.[1] He was elected Circuit Court Judge of the same district in 1934, and served in that position until 1949.[3][4] He then was a Chancellor in one of Mississippi's chancery courts from 1950 to his death.[3] He died after a short illness on August 15, 1961, and was buried in the Hazlehurst New Cemetery.[5][3]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
- ^ a b Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1914). Journal. p. 4.
- ^ a b c "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on August 17, 1961 · Page 8". Newspapers.com. 17 August 1961. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ Mississippi. Secretary of State (1939-12-31). "Mississippi Blue Book. Biennial report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi. [1937-1939]". Mississippi Blue Books.
- ^ "Copiah Surname E-K". www.msgw.org. Retrieved 2021-04-13.