Nice, Charles McKinney, 1919-

Charles McKinney Nice of Birmingham, Ala., served in the Alabama House of Representatives, 1954-1958; as circuit court judge, 1974-1982; and. after that, as family court judge until his retirement in 1988.

Charles McKinney Nice was born in Birmingham, Ala., in December 1919, the son of Dr. Charles M. and Helen Adams Nice. He grew up in Birmingham and attended Ramsey High School. He received an A.B. degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1942. In 1948, he received an LIB degree from the University of Alabama Law School.

From 1950 until 1953, Nice was law clerk to a United States district judge. In 1954, Nice was elected to the Alabama state legislature. He served until 1958. After his time in the legislature, Nice served as an acting judge in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, as legal counsel for Southern Natural Gas, as legal counsel to Operation New Birmingham, assistant United States attorney for the northern district of Alabama, and as associate counsel for the University of Alabama. In 1971, Nice was appointed to a judgeship and was elected Jefferson County circuit judge in 1976. When his term expired in 1982, he transferred to the District Family Court. He retired from that position in 1988.

Nice married Sadie Claire Mapes of Birmingham in 1954. They had two sons.