Eugene Cook (Georgia)


Eugene Cook was an American jurist.
Born in Wrightsville, Georgia, Cook attended the public schools and received his undergraduate degree from Mercer University, followed by a law degree from Mercer University Law School in 1927.
He was the Attorney General of Georgia from 1945 to 1965, and a Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. He believed the NAACP was a communist organization.
Despondent in the months following the death of his wife, Cook died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound while still serving on the court.