Background
Palmer, Owen Thackara was born on July 15, 1920 in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. Son of Owen Thackara and Lula (Barksdale) Palmer.
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Owen Thackara Palmer
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, University Mississippi, 1942, Bachelor of Laws, 1947.
Career
Admitted to Mississippi bar, 1947. With firm Eaton & Cottrell, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1947-1948. Individual practice law, Gulfport, 1948-1964.
Senior partner, Palmer & Stewart, Gulfport, 1965-1973, Palmer, Stewart & Gaines, 1973-1979, Palmer & Gaines, 1980-1988.
Instructor American history University Mississippi, 1947. Disaster chairman, Gulfport chapter American Red Cross, 1949-1951.
Coach Gulfport Recreation Department, 1954-1968. City prosecuting attorney, assistant city attorney Gulfport, 1953-1969.
Attorney Gulfport Municipal Separate School District, 1957-1996.
Special counsel Gulfport School District, since 1990, Harrison County Library. Systems, since 1996; member Mississippi Mental Health Planning Council, since 1987. Director, past president Gulfport-Harrison County Library, 1954-1968.
Board directors, 1st vice president, member executive committee Mississippi Safety Council, 1971-1978, president, 1972-1973.
Past president Gulfport Little Theatre. Attorney, member executive committee Greater Gulf Coast Arts Council, 1972-1982.
Member Governor"s Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification, and Development, 1983-1985. With United States Naval Reserve.
Achievements
Membership
Member Mississippi State Bar (chairman traffic court committee 1962-1968), Harrison County Bar Association (past president) American Bar Association (representative State Mississippi on advisory committee to traffic court committee since 1986), Association of Trial Lawyers of America, American Judicature Association, Navy League United States (president Southwest Mississippi council 1984-1985), Mississippi Council School Board Attorneys (vice president, president-elect 1985-1986, president 1986-1987), Gulfport Yacht.
Connections
Married Joanne Melton, April 5, 1947. Children– January Barksdale Palmer Noll, Wawice Eugenia.
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American -
Religion
Episcopalian