Jasper Felix Guynes
Jasper Felix Guynes | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 7th district | |
| In office June 10, 1913 – January 1916 | |
| Preceded by | Elias Alford Rowan |
| Succeeded by | James M. Coen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 21, 1875 Copiah County, MS |
| Died | 1961 (aged 85–86) |
| Resting place | Hazlehurst, MS |
| Political party | Democrat |
Jasper Felix Guynes (February 21, 1875 - 1961) was a 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, Guynes won the election to fill in for the vacancy in the 7th district, as a Democrat.[1][2] He was sworn in in 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 died in 1961 and was buried in the Hazlehurst New Cemetery.[3]