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Daniel McKinnon Lee Sr.
Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court
In office
1995–1998
Preceded byArmis E. Hawkins
Succeeded byLenore L. Prather
Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court
In office
1981–1998
Preceded byStokes Robertson Jr.
Succeeded byBill Waller Jr.
Personal details
Born(1926-04-19)April 19, 1926
Forrest County, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedMay 9, 2010(2010-05-09) (aged 84)
Madison, Mississippi, U.S.[1]
SpouseMary Alice Gray Lee
Children2
Parents
  • Buford Aaron Lee
  • Pherbia Anna Camp Lee
Alma mater
ProfessionJudge

Daniel McKinnon Lee Sr. (April 19, 1926 – May 9, 2010) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1981 to 1998, serving as chief justice from 1995 to 1998.[2]

Early life, education, and military service

Born in

Petal High School in 1944,[3] and served as a pilot in the United States Navy during World War II, beginning his training as an aerial gunner at the naval air base in Jacksonville, Florida in 1944.[4] He served until 1946, for a time stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Princeton.[5][6] For many years after the war, he maintained and flew his own airplane.[5] After the war, Lee attended the University of Southern Mississippi,[7] and the Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson, Mississippi,[3][7] entering the practice of law in 1948.[7]

Judicial service

While practicing law, Lee "decided he wanted to be a judge after practicing under a very rude federal court judge", believing that he could show people more understanding from the bench.

death penalty, pro-tort reform".[10] Lee declined to run for reelection in 1997, choosing to retire from the court at the beginning of the 1998 term.[11]

In 2003, the town of Petal named its new court building after Lee.[3]

Personal life and death

Lee married Dr. Mary Alice Lee, a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, with whom he had a daughter, Sharon, and a son, Danny.[7] Mary was appointed to head the Hinds County Health Department in 1978.[12]

Lee died from complications of diabetes and Parkinson's disease at the age of 84.[13]

References

  1. ^ "OBITUARY Judge Daniel McKinnon Lee Sr". Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. ^ Leslie Southwick, Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996, 18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998).
  3. ^ a b c d e "Petal facility to honor town's famous native", Hattiesburg American (January 20, 2003), p. 2.
  4. ^ "Brothers in Service", Hattiesburg American (August 28, 1944), p. 10.
  5. ^ a b c "Dan M. Lee", Clarion-Ledger (May 11, 2010), p. 9A.
  6. ^ "Dan M. Lee", Hattiesburg American (May 12, 2010), p. 10A.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Lee Gets Judgeship", Clarion-Ledger (April 24, 1971), p. 6.
  8. ^ Cliff Treyens, "'What went wrong?' still being asked", Clarion-Ledger (October 14, 1979), p. B11.
  9. ^ "Lee, Hawkins Named to Court", The Kosciusko Star-Herald (November 6, 1980), p. 12.
  10. ^ Jack Elliott, "State Supreme Court Changing", McComb Enterprise-Journal (November 28, 1995), p. 2.
  11. ^ Beverly Pettigrew Kraft, "Waller sworn in to high court", Clarion-Ledger (January 6, 1998), p. B1.
  12. ^ "Hinds County Approves Lee as Health Officer", Clarion-Ledger (March 7, 1978), p. 1B.
  13. ^ "Former Justice Dan Lee dies at age 84". Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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1981–1998 		Succeeded by
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