Kay B. Cobb
Kay B. Cobb | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi | |
| In office April 1, 1999 – May 1, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | |
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 9th district | |
| In office January 1992 – January 1996 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 28, 1942 Cleveland, Mississippi |
Kay Beevers Cobb (born February 28, 1942) is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Raised on a farm in Cleveland, Mississippi, Cobb was graduated from Cleveland High School before graduating from Mississippi University for Women in 1963. As her husband was in the U.S. Air Force, she then taught elementary school to children of military personnel for three years. She later worked for the for five years as a job placement counselor for the handicapped and for people recently released from prison.[1]
In 1975, Cobb enrolled in the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, Mississippi, where she earned a law degree in 1978.[1]
Cobb represented Mississippi's 9th senatorial district in the Mississippi Senate from January 1992 to January 1996.[2] On April 1, 1999, Cobb was appointed to the Supreme Court of Mississippi by Governor Kirk Fordice,[3] to complete the unexpired term of former Justice Cobb was elected to a full term on the court in November 2000, and served until her retirement on May 1, 2007.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Mississippi Courts, Justice Kay Cobb announces retirement (March 5, 2007).
- ^ "Justice Kay Cobb's portrait to be presented to Supreme Court Sept. 6 - State of Mississippi Judiciary News". courts.ms.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register (2001), p. 121.
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