Ann Hannaford Lamar

Ann Hannaford Lamar (born 1952) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi. She is the third woman to serve on the Mississippi Supreme Court. Early years Born Ann Hannaford, she is the daughter of former Chancery Judge Leon Hannaford of Senatobia, Mississippi. She attended Northwest Mississippi Junior College 1970-1971. In 1974 she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Delta State University. She earned a law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1982. Career Lamar worked as an administrative assistant in the Governor's Office of Education and Training from 1974 to 1977 while her husband, John T. Lamar Jr., earned a law degree from the Mississippi College School of Law. They returned to Senatobia, where she worked as a court reporter in chancery court for two years. She practiced law with her husband in Senatobia from May 1982 to August 1987 and from February 1993 through December 1995. Their practice involved litigation in civil, criminal, and domestic relations cases. Their firm represented several governmental entities, including the Tate County Board of Supervisors.