Percy Mercer Lee

Percy Mercer Lee (c. 1893 – February 6, 1969) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1950 to 1966, serving as chief justice from 1964 to 1966. Early life Lee graduated from Mississippi College. He worked for several years as a school teacher, and then became an assistant attorney general for a year. He was elected mayor of Forest, Mississippi, in 1921, serving until 1924. From 1930 to 1939, he was a state district attorney. Judicial service In 1938, Lee was elected judge of the Mississippi Circuit Court, taking office the following year. In December 1947, Chief Justice Sydney M. Smith—the longest-serving member of the court—announced that he would not seek reelection. "Within ten days both Circuit Judge Percy Lee (age 55) of Forest and seventeen year Chancellor Malcolm B. Montgomery (age 56) of Yazoo City had qualified to run".