Jasper Felix Guynes | |
|---|---|
 1910s | |
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 11th 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 | August 15,1961 (aged 86) |
| Resting place | Hazlehurst,MS |
| Political party | Democrat |
Jasper Felix Guynes (February 21,1875 - August 15,1961) was a Democratic Mississippi state senator and circuit court judge.
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 in 1912,Guynes won the election to fill in for the vacancy in the 11th district,as a Democrat. [1] [2] He was sworn in during 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 was elected Circuit Court Judge of the same district in 1934,and served in that position until 1949. [3] [4] He then was a Chancellor in one of Mississippi's chancery courts from 1950 to his death. [3] He died after a short illness on August 15,1961,and was buried in the Hazlehurst New Cemetery. [5] [3]
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