Background
Mayes McGehee, H. B. was born on June 25, 1924 in Bude, Mississippi, United States.
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H. B. Mayes McGehee
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Copiah-Lincoln, Junior College. Bucknell University; Dartmouth College. University of Mississippi (Juris Doctor, 1948).
Career
Worked at McGehee, McGehee & Torrey (Meadville, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Real Estate, Probate, Corporation, Insurance, Oil and Gas, Negligence and Workers Compensation Law. Admitted to the bar, 1948, Mississippi.
Member: Mississippi State Senate, 1956-1960.
Board of State Bar Examiners, 1979-1982. Mississippi State Judicial Nominating Committee, 1982-1987.
Chairman, 1988-1991 and Vice-Chairman, 1991, Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board. Member: Tri-County and American Bar Associations.
Mississippi State Bar.
The firm of McGehee, McGehee & Torrey originated in January of 1948 when Daniel R. McGehee and H. B. Mayes McGehee formed the firm of McGehee & McGehee. In 1962, James A. Torrey, Junior joined the firm and the firm name became McGehee, McGehee & Torrey. West. Hollis McGehee joined the firm and became a partner in 1977.
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Membership
Member: Mississippi State Senate, 1956-1960. Board of State Bar Examiners, 1979-1982. Mississippi State Judicial Nominating Committee, 1982-1987.
Chairman, 1988-1991 and Vice-Chairman, 1991, Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board.
Member: Tri-County and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar.
