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12 Miss. Law. 1 (1965)

handle is hein.barjournals/misly0012 and id is 1 raw text is: Official Monthly Publication of the Mississippi State Bar VOLUME XII JANUARY, 1965 NUMBER 1 Johnson Appoints Wright High Court Welcomes Justice W. H. Inzer; To Fill J. Inzer's Term Gillesie. Brady And Jones Also Take Oath Fred P. Wright, attorney of Amory and a forner mayor, was appointed Chancellor of the First Chancery Court District of Mississippi to begin his duties on Monday, January 4, 1965. A successful practicing attorney, Mr. Wright received the appointment f r o m Governor Paul B. Johnson. He will fill out the unexpired term of about two years of Justice William Inzer, who was elevated to the State Supreme Court. Chancellor Wright, son of Mrs. W. H. Wright of Amory and her late husband, Wiley H. Wright who moved to Amory form Smitliville, graduated from Amory High Sho! in 1935, and University f Mississippi Law school in 1940. He is a m e m b e r of First Methodist Church of Amory and has served on the official board. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Monroe County Electric Power Association and the Amory Federal Savings & Loan Association. . ... . . r --- . . . . . . . . . . Chief justice Percy M. Lee of Forest opened the after-Christmas and New' Year's session of the State Supreme Court by administering the oath to four associate justices. Included was a new justice, former Chancellor William H. Inzer, of Pontotoc. The others, all previously members of the court, were Judges Robert G. Gillespie, Meridian, beginning his second full term; Tom P. Brady, Brookhaven, beginning his first full term after serving out an unexpired term and Robert Lee Jones, also of Brookhaven, who is similarly beginning his first full term after serving an unexpired term. Judge Inzer was chancellor of the First Mark Your Calendar FEBRUARY 15, 1965 Estate Planning Council of Mississippi Meeting Featuring EARL MACNEILL in Practical Estate Plan - a Personal Treatment JUSTICES TAKE OATH-Four Associate Justices of the State Supreme Court were sworn in for eight-year terms on January 4, 1965. Chief Justice Percy M. Lee, in robe, administered the oath to (left to right, in street clothes) Justices Robert Gillespie, Meri- dian; Robert Lee Jones, Brookhaven; Tom P. Brady, Brookhaven and the new justice, Former Chancellor William H. Inzer, Pontotoe. - Photo by Perry Nations. Judicial District of Mississippi for 22 years. He was elected to the supreme bench last year without opposition after incumbent, Judge Taylor H. McElroy, of Oxford did not choose to seek reelection. Judge Brady has just completed the un- expired term of the late Justice R. Olnev Arrington, of Hazlehurst, who died in of- fice, and now begins a full term. Associate Justice Jones has completed the unexpired term of the late Judge Lee Hall, of Columbia, who resigned before his death. Jones now begins his first full term. Chancellor Stokes Robertson, who was elected to Supreme Court last summer, will not take office until January 1, 1966. H. Ray Elected Jaycee President in Meridian Meridian attorney HARVEY RAY has been elected President-elect of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Meridian. He will serve as First Vice-President for six months commencing on January 1, 1965, at which time he will be elevated to the Post of President. Mr. RAY is a graduate of Mississippi State University and the Uni- versity of Mississippi School of Law and is a practicing attorney and partner in the Firm of Warner, Self & Ray. RAY was voted the Outstanding Jaycee of the Year in Cleveland, Mississippi, in 1961. MIKE CORRIGAN, also a Meridian attorney was elected to the Board of Directors of the Meridian Junior Chamber of Commerce for a one-year term. Included in the new mem- bers inducted into the Meridian Jaycees is attorney TOM McPHEARSON.

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