James Dudley "Jay" Disharoon (March 10, 1949 – June 10, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in

Jackson, Mississippi Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the Capital city, capital of and the List of municipalities in Mississippi, most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, Mississippi, ...

, Disharoon grew up in

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and went to Port Gibson High School. He served in the

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. Disharoon received his bachelor's degree from

Mississippi State University Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Unive ...

and his

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degree from

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. He served in the

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, from 1976 to 1980, as a

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and then in the

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from 1980 to 1988. Disharoon and his son Jamie were killed in a traffic accident in Jackson, Mississippi.

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