Carlton Mobley

William Carlton Mobley (December 7, 1906 – October 14, 1981) was a jurist and politician from the American state of Georgia.

Mobley was born near Hillsboro, Jones County, Georgia, and graduated from Mercer University with a law degree in 1928.

[1] Mobley practiced law in Forsyth, Georgia before serving as secretary to Congressman Samuel Rutherford from 1929 to 1932.

[1] Subsequently, Mobley served in Georgia's Executive Department from 1934 to 1937, under Governor Eugene Talmadge;[2] as an Assistant Attorney General of Georgia from 1941 to 1943; as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946; and as a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1954 to 1974, including a term as chief justice from 1972 to 1974.

[3] Following retirement from the Court, he resided in Atlanta, Georgia until his death on October 14, 1981.