Jasper Felix Guynes

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	(1875-02-21)February 21, 1875 Copiah County, MS
Died	August 15, 1961(1961-08-15) (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.

Biography

Jasper Felix Guynes was born on February 21, 1875, near Hazlehurst, in Copiah County, Mississippi. He was the son of Mississippi state legislator Albert Brown Guynes and Emma Jane (Ramsey) Guynes. Jasper graduated from the University of Mississippi with a B. A. in 1898. Then, he graduated from the University of Mississippi Law School with a L.L.B. in 1902. 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. He was sworn in during a special legislature session on June 10, 1913. After his term ended, on February 1, 1916, he was appointed Mississippi Circuit Court Judge of the Fourteenth District. He was elected Circuit Court Judge of the same district in 1934, and served in that position until 1949. He then was a Chancellor in one of Mississippi's chancery courts from 1950 to his death. He died after a short illness on August 15, 1961, and was buried in the Hazlehurst New Cemetery.