Oral history with the Honorable Charles C. Jacobs, Jr.

              Oral history with the Honorable Charles C. Jacobs, Jr.
F341.5 . M57 vol. 748, pt. 2
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Biography
Charles C. Jacobs Jr. was born in Greenville, Mississippi, on January 13, 1921. His parents were Charles C. Jacobs and Vera Joest Jacobs. He had one brother, Fred Clark Jacobs, and three sisters, Lillian Jacobs Williams, Margaret Adelia Jacobs Stringer, and Vera Jacobs Speakes.
At the time of his birth, Mr. Jacobs' residence was Cleveland, Mississippi, and he attended the public school there until he moved to Rosedale in 1933. He finished high school at Rosedale High School in 1938. He then attended Sunflower Junior College for a period of two years, going on to the University of Mississippi where he received a B. A. degree in 1942. Mr. Jacobs came back to the University of Mississippi Law School after serving as a Marine during World War II and received an L. L. P. degree in 1947. Later, he was awarded a Doctor of Laws degree in 1968.
While a student at the University of Mississippi, Mr. Jacobs was recruited into the United States Marine Corps by Second Lieutenant Louis Wilson of Brandon, Mississippi. The recruiting officer later won a Congressional Medal of Honor and a Silver Star in battles fought by the Marines in the Pacific and subsequently became a commandant of the United States Marine Corps.
Mr. Jacobs participated in the Marshall Islands Campaign as a First Lieutenant, and he also participated in the campaigns for conquest of Saipan, Tenin, and Iwo Jima. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for action at Saipan and a second Bronze Star Medal for action at Iwo Jima. He was discharged as a captain in 1946.
After graduation from law school in 1947, Mr. Jacobs began the practice of law in Cleveland, Mississippi. During his career, he was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Mississippi, the U. S. District Courts, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He was active in the reorganization of the Bolivar County Bar Association in 1950, and was selected as Young Man of the Year from the Cleveland Community in 1954. He served as president of the United Givers Fund in 1970, president of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce in 1972, and president of the Cleveland Rotary Club in 1976. mus- coh. jacobsc. doc Page 1 of 35