Retirement and Resignation Festivities
November 13, 2018 § 9 Comments
At least 18 chancellors will be leaving the bench at the close of business on December 31 (actually on December 28, because the Governor decreed the 31st to be a holiday this year).
If there is a reception or ceremony scheduled in honor of your chancellor, readers of this blog might want to find out about it so that they can make plans to attend.
Please comment with any info you have. You can comment later on this same post as information develops.
The info I have as of today:
- Chancellor Jerry Mason, District 12, retiring. Reception honoring him on December 14, 2018, from 1-3 pm in his Chancery courtroom on the second floor of the Lauderdale County Courthouse.
- Chief Judge Joe Lee of the COA, retiring. Ceremony and reception immediately following at the COA en banc courtroom, Gartin Justice Building, Jackson, November 15, 2018, at 2 pm.
- Chancellor John Grant, Rankin County. November 30th 1 – 3 pm. Rankin County Chancery Courthouse.
The Better Chancery Practice Blog 
Good afternoon Learned Chancellor Primeaux –
Per your inquiry the South Central Mississippi Bar Association
(Forrest, Lamar, and Perry Counties) will host a Retirement
Reception on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
at the Train Depot in Downtown Hattiesburg honoring:
Retiring Court of Appeals Chief Judge L. Joe Lee
Retiring Court of Appeal Associate Judge Eugene L. Fair
Retiring 10th District Chancellor Johnny L. Williams
Retiring 10th District Chancellor M. Ronald Doleac
Retiring Forrest County and Youth Court Judge Michael W. McPhail and
Retiring Lamar County and Youth Court Judge William E. Andrews, III
This information was provided me by Mrs. Carol Jones- Russell as an
Officer of the South Central Mississippi Bar Association. Her email
address appears above.
Best regards,
Ron Doleac
Thanks.
Chancellor Williams, Chancellor Doleac, Judge McPhail, Judge Andrews, Justice Fair, and Justice Lee will be honored at a reception in Hattiesburg, MS by the South Central Mississippi Bar Association. The event will be December 4 from 5:30 until 7:00 p.m. at the Historic Train Depot.
Please see the original post for updated information on Judge Grant’s retirement reception.
Chancellor Ed Patten, 15th District, Retirement reception on Saturday, December 8, 2018, 2 p.m., at the Jimmy Furlow Senior Citizens Center, 201 South First Street, Brookhaven.
Chancellor Patricia Wise, of District Four of Hinds County, will be stepping down at the end of this year. A reception in her honor will be held on December 19, 2018 at the Civil Rights Museum’s Hall of History from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. in Jackson.
Chancellor William Singletary, of District Two of Hinds County, will be stepping down at the end of this year. A reception in his honor will be held on December 19, 2018 at the Civil Rights Museum’s Hall of History from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. in Jackson.
Chancellor David Clark, retiring, Dec 6th at 1:00 in circuit courtroom of Scott County in Forest, Ms.
All out 14th Chancery District are retiring, Dorothy Winston Colom, Jim Davidson, and Kenny Burns. There is a reception for then at the Lee Home in Columbus on December 7 from 2 to 5.