Robert Lacey Crook (April 22, 1929 – January 26, 2011) was an American politician from Mississippi.

Early life and education

Robert Lacey Crook was born in

Bolton, Mississippi Bolton is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 567 at the 2010 census, down from 629 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Bolton is in north-central Hinds County, ...

and grew up in Ruleville, Mississippi. He served in the United States Marine Corps during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. Crook went to the

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. ...

, the

Mississippi College School of Law Mississippi College School of Law is an American Bar Association accredited law school. MC Law is one of only two law schools in the state of Mississippi, and is the only law school in the capital city of Jackson, Mississippi. The school is a prof ...

, and then practiced law.

Career

Crook served in the

Mississippi State Senate The Mississippi Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Senate, along with the lower Mississippi House of Representatives, convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol ...

from 1964 to 1992 and was a

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. He served as chairman of the Senate Fees and Salaries Committee for 20 years, setting policy on compensation for state and local officials. Crook died from undisclosed causes at his home 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, ...

at the age of 81.

Personal life

Crook had a wife, two sons, and a grandson.

References

1929 births 2011 deaths Democratic Party Mississippi state senators Politicians from Jackson, Mississippi People from Bolton, Mississippi People from Ruleville, Mississippi Military personnel from Mississippi University of Mississippi alumni Mississippi College School of Law alumni Lawyers from Jackson, Mississippi 20th-century American lawyers {{Mississippi-politician-stub