Bill Waller in Wikipedia.org political website

On Civil Rights: Father shut down segregationist Mississippi Commissions

Gov. Waller Sr. effectively shut-down the segregationist Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission by vetoing its appropriation while he was governor. He appointed numerous non-whites to positions in state government. After leaving office, Gov. Waller Sr. lost the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in 1978 and for governor again in 1987.

Gov. Waller was survived by his wife, former Mississippi First Lady Carroll Waller (died 2014), and their son, William Waller Jr., Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court [from 2009 until 2019, when he resigned to declare for Governor].

On Families & Children: 2015: Let same-sex couples divorce

On November 5, 2015, in a 5-4 ruling, the Mississippi Supreme Court remanded the case to the Third District Chancery Court in light of Obergefell. The court ruled that the plaintiffs' requested relief was consistent with Obergefell and thus ruled in favor of Czekala-Chatham. Forming the five-justice majority were Justices Waller, Randolph, Lamar, Chandler, and Pierce. Justices Coleman and Dickinson each joined each other's dissents, disagreeing with Obergefell and questioning the decision's constitutional authority. Justice Pierce, joined by Chandler, wrote a separate concurrence accusing Justices Coleman and Dickinson of violating their oath of office by refusing to follow a ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.