Kay Beevers Cobb (February 28, 1942 – May 26, 2023) was an American politician and judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
As her husband was in the U.S. Air Force, she then taught elementary school to children of military personnel for three years.
She later worked for the Texas Employment Commission for five years as a job placement counselor for the handicapped and for people recently released from prison.
[3] On April 1, 1999, Cobb was appointed to the Supreme Court of Mississippi by Governor Kirk Fordice,[4] to complete the unexpired term of former Justice James L. Roberts Jr. Cobb was elected to a full term on the court in November 2000, and served until her retirement on May 1, 2007.
[1] Cobb died at her home in Lenoir City, Tennessee, on May 26, 2023, at the age of 81.