Chester Lamar Sumners

Background

Sumners, Chester Lamar was born on December 15, 1896 in Marietta, Mississippi, United States. Son of James Sparks and Malinda Virginia (Jerdan) Sumners.

Education

Bachelor of Arts cum laude, U. Mississippi, 1920, Bachelor of Laws cum laude, 1922.

Career

Admitted to Mississippi bar, 1922. Practiced under own name in Corinth, 1927-1945, Oxford, Mississippi, assistant United State Attorneys for Northern District of Mississippi, 1937-1945, United State Attorneys, since 1945. Member of law faculty U. Mississippi, summer 1945.

Referee in bankruptcy Northern District of Mississippi.

Achievements

• Chester Lamar Sumners has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Mississippi Bar Association, American Legion. Mason.; Club: Rotary.

Connections

Married Bessie Furr, February 21, 1925. Children: Lester F., Martha Watson, James Jerdan.

Father:

James Sparks Sumners

Mother:

Malinda Virginia (Jerdan) Sumners

Spouse:

Bessie Furr

child:

James Jerdan Sumners

child:

Martha Watson Sumners

child:

Lester F. Sumners