Jasper Felix Guynes
1910s
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 11th district
In office
June 10, 1913 – January 1916
Preceded byElias Alford Rowan
Succeeded byJames M. Coen
Personal details
Born(1875-02-21)February 21, 1875
Copiah County, MS
DiedAugust 15, 1961(1961-08-15) (aged 86)
Resting placeHazlehurst, MS
Political partyDemocrat

Jasper Felix Guynes (February 21, 1875 - August 15, 1961) was a Democratic Mississippi state senator and circuit court judge.

Biography

Jasper Felix Guynes was born on February 21, 1875, near Hazlehurst, in Copiah County, Mississippi.[1] He was the son of Mississippi state legislator Albert Brown Guynes and Emma Jane (Ramsey) Guynes.[1] Jasper graduated from the University of Mississippi with a B. A. in 1898.[1] Then, he graduated from the University of Mississippi Law School with a L.L.B. in 1902.[1] After the death of Mississippi State Senator E. A. Rowan in 1912, Guynes won the election to fill in for the vacancy in the 11th district, as a Democrat.[1][2] He was sworn in during a special legislature session on June 10, 1913.[2] After his term ended, on February 1, 1916, he was appointed Mississippi Circuit Court Judge of the Fourteenth District.[1] He was elected Circuit Court Judge of the same district in 1934, and served in that position until 1949.[3][4] He then was a Chancellor in one of Mississippi's chancery courts from 1950 to his death.[3] He died after a short illness on August 15, 1961, and was buried in the Hazlehurst New Cemetery.[5][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  2. 1 2 Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1914). Journal. p. 4.
  3. 1 2 3 "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on August 17, 1961 · Page 8". Newspapers.com. 17 August 1961. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  4. ↑ Mississippi. Secretary of State (1939-12-31). "Mississippi Blue Book. Biennial report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi. [1937-1939]". Mississippi Blue Books.
  5. ↑ "Copiah Surname E-K". www.msgw.org. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
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