Percy Mercer Lee

Percy Mercer Lee (c. 1893 – February 6, 1969) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1950 to 1966, serving as chief justice from 1964 to 1966.

Early life Lee graduated from Mississippi College.

Chief Justice Smith died in July 1948. "The funeral was Monday, and on Wednesday, Governor Fielding Wright named Chancellor Montgomery to the vacancy". Lee won the primary, but Montgomery remained on the court until the expiration of Smith's term in 1950.

Lee then ran unopposed for reelection in 1956, but declined to run for reelection a second time in 1964, remaining on the court until the end of his term in 1966, and serving as chief justice from 1964 to 1966.

Personal life and death Lee and his wife had eight children, all of whom attended Mississippi College. Lee's son, Roy Noble Lee, also later served on the state supreme court. Lee died at his home in Forest, Mississippi, at the age of 76.