Vernon H. Broom
American judge
About Vernon H. Broom
Lived 1924 – 1989 (aged 64).
Vernon Herrin Broom (January 16, 1924 – January 6, 1989) was an American lawyer and judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1973 to 1984.
Early life, education, and military service Born in Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, to John Calvin Broom and Bertha Herrin Broom, he was educated at Columbia High School and Pearl River Community College, before receiving a B.B.A. and an LL.B from the University of Mississippi.
Broom served in the United States Army in World War II, "in the First Infantry Division in Belgium, France and Germany". Broom then ran unopposed for the last two years of this term in 1974.
He ran unopposed again in 1976, and retired on February 15, 1984.
Later life Broom died on January 6, 1989, a week and a half before turning 65. A funeral for him was held the following day and he was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Columbia.
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American judge (1924–)
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Vernon H. Broom was born on 16 January 1924.
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Vernon H. Broom died on 6 January 1989.
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