Background
LEE, Percy Mercer was born on November 14, 1892 in Ludlow. Scott Company, Mississippi, United States. Son of Technology H. and Alethia (Denson) Lee.
LEE, Percy Mercer was born on November 14, 1892 in Ludlow. Scott Company, Mississippi, United States. Son of Technology H. and Alethia (Denson) Lee.
AB, Mississippi College, 1911. Studied law under tutors and Judge A. H. Whitfield, 1915.
Teacher Ridgeland School, near Jackson, 1916-1918. Practiced with Huff & Lee, Forest, 1920-1927. Private practice, 1929-1938.
Special assistant to attorney general State of Mississippi, 1918-1919. Attorney City of Forest, Town of Morton, and supervisors of Scott County, Mississippi, 1921-1931. District attorney 8th District, 1929-1938, circuit judge, 1939-1950.
Associate justice Mississippi Supreme Court, Jackson, 1950-1961, presiding justice, 1961-1963, chief justice, 1964-1965.
Creeds should be rejected as they may compromise a believer’s obligation to interpret the Bible under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
As a people whose forbears came together in response to intolerance, Baptistsshould cherish freedom and pursue it for millions around the world.
God created humans to be able to innovate and evaluate new forms of living that will encourage development of the fullest potential in individuals.
Mayor City of Forest, 1922-1926. President board trustees Forest Separate School District, 1945-1948. Member Mississippi State Bar Association, Masons (32 degree, past grand master Mississippi 1937), K.T., Shriners, Eastern Star (past worthy patron), Woodman.
Married Hattie Mae Nutt, December 27, 1912 (deceased November 1937). Children: Percy M., Roy Noble, Annie Laurie (Mistress W. J. James), James Walter, Robert Edward, Charles David. Married Claudia Stewart, December 25, 1938.
Children: Elizabeth Jane, James Walter.