Background
Sumners, Lester Furr was born on June 2, 1926 in Blytheville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Chester L. and Bessie (Furr) Sumners.
Sumners, Lester Furr was born on June 2, 1926 in Blytheville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Chester L. and Bessie (Furr) Sumners.
Bachelor, University Mississippi, 1949. Bachelor of Laws, University Mississippi, 1950.
Worked at Hickman, Sumners, Goza & Gore (Grenada, Mississippi. Also Jackson, New Albany, Oxford) specializing in Insurance Defense, Domestic Relations, Governmental Representation, General Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1950, Mississippi.
Phi Delta Phi.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Associate Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1949-1950. Trustee, Northeast Mississippi Junior College, 1961-1966.
Member: Union County and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar (Commissioner, 1959-1963, 1965-1967.
Complaint Commissioner, 1963, 1965.
Vice President, 1970-1971. President, 1971-1972). Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
American College of Trial Lawyers.
Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, New Albany, 1953-1975. Trustee North-East Mississippi Junior College, Booneville, 1961-1966. Fellow International Academy Trial Lawyers, American College Trial Lawyers.
Member Mississippi Bar Association (commissioner 1950-1963, 65-67, complaint commissioner 1963, 65, president 1971-1972), Mississippi Bar Foundation (president 1979-1980), University Mississippi Law Alumni Chapter (president 1976-1977).
Married Mary Joyce Bonner, February 12, 1956. Children: Thomas Bonner, Melinda Watson, Leslie Elizabeth.