Room: 215
Post Office Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
820 Prentiss Avenue
Yazoo City, MS 39194
Full Name:
Joseph C. Thomas, Sr.
Gender:
Male
Family:
Spouse: Elizabeth; 3 Children: Joseph Jr., Kirk, Whitney
Birth Date:
06/25/1949
Birth Place:
Yazoo City, MS
Home City:
Yazoo City, MS
Religion:
Baptist
BS, Business Administration, Jackson State University
Banking, Mississippi School of Banking, 1975-1976
Senator, Mississippi State Senate, District 22, 2004-2008, 2020-present
Candidate, Mississippi State Senate, District 22, 2015, 2023
Member, Business and Financial Institutions Committee
Member, Corrections Committee
Member, Finance Committee
Member, Forestry Committee
Member, Insurance Committee
Member, Investigate State Offices Committee
Member, Judiciary, Division B Committee
Vice Chair, Labor Committee
Former Member, Drug Policy Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Chair, Board of Directors, Bountiful Blessings Broadcasting, Incorporated, 2010-present
Former Board Member, Mississippi Strategic Economic Development and Planning Committee
Former Chair, Yazoo City Public Schools
Board Chair, Public Service Commission of Yazoo City, 1986-2004
Vice President, Regions Bank, 1972-2001
Vice Chair, Mississippi Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, 1980-1985
Senior Deacon, Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church, present
Vice President, D.W. Wilburn Scholarship Foundation, present
Executive Vice President/Treasurer, Friends of Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, present
District President, Mississippi Baptist State Laymen's Movement, present
Board Member, Yazoo County Fellowship of Christian Athletes, present
Former Member, Education Committee, Southern Conference of State Legislators
Former Member, National Conference of State Legislators
Former Member, Yazoo County Fair
Board Member, National Development Foundation, Incorporated, Jackson State University, 1996-2004
Board Member, American Public Power Association, 1991-1994