Kermit Roosevelt Cofer (1908–1989) was a justice of the

Supreme Court of Mississippi The Supreme Court of Mississippi is the highest court in the state of Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the ...

. He served on the court from 1978 to 1980. He had a wife and daughter.

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Kofer was appointed to the court from

Yalobusha County, Mississippi Yalobusha County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,678. It has two county seats, Water Valley and Coffeeville. History ''Yalobusha'' is a Native American word, likely fro ...

. Leslie Southwick
Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996
18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998). After William H. Inzer died on February 21, 1978, Cofer was appointed on March 15, 1978 by Governor

Cliff Finch Charles Clifton Finch (April 4, 1927 – April 22, 1986) was an American politician who served as the 57th Governor of the U.S. state of Mississippi, from 1976 to 1980. Early life Finch was born on April, 1927 in the village of Pope in Pan ...

. Cofer lived in

Water Valley, Mississippi Water Valley is a city in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,392 at the 2010 census. It is the larger of two county seats in the rural county, and at one time was the center of railroad shops. Geography According ...

. He had been a chancellor since 1959. He was unopposed in the 1979 election to fill the remaining year of Inzer's term. Cofer "declined to run for a full term, after being appointed to the court in 1978".

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* 1908 births 1989 deaths People from Water Valley, Mississippi Justices of the Mississippi Supreme Court Burials in Mississippi {{Mississippi-state-judge-stub

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