Kyle M. Weeks | |
State Delegate: | Virginia |
District: | Bedford, Franklin and Floyd counties |
Term Start: | 1924 |
Term End: | 1926 |
Birth Name: | Kyle Menefee Weeks |
Death Place: | Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Jacksonville Cemetery |
Spouse: | Wilma Cox |
Alma Mater: | Roanoke College (BA) Washington and Lee University School of Law Yale Law School (JD) |
Kyle Menefee Weeks (died July 20, 1955) was an American politician and lawyer from Virginia. He served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Kyle Menefee Weeks graduated from Roanoke College with a Bachelor of Arts. He graduated from Washington and Lee University School of Law and did post-graduate work at Yale Law School and graduated from there with a Juris Doctor in 1915.[1] [2] [3]
Weeks began practicing law in 1916 in Floyd, Virginia. He practiced law with Joseph E. Proffit in the law firm Proffit and Weeks his entire career, up until his death.[1] He served in World War I.[1] [4]
Weeks served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Bedford, Franklin and Floyd counties, in 1924 and 1926.[1] In 1937, he managed Saxon W. Holt's campaign for lieutenant governor.[5]
In 1945, Weeks was named alongside his law partner Profitt for aiding and abetting William Reeves Gardner in misapplying funds of Farmers and Merchants Bank of Fredericksburg.[6] In April 1947, he was found guilty on twelve counts in the indictment and sentenced to 12 months of imprisonment and a fine of .[7] In January 1948, he was fined for his involvement.[8]
Weeks married Wilma Cox, daughter of Luke Cox, of Fairfield in Floyd, on September 20, 1935.[1] [4] He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church.[1]
Weeks died on July 20, 1955, aged 66, at a hospital in Roanoke. He was buried in Jacksonville Cemetery.[1]