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Joseph Thomas, Sr.'s Biography

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Contact Information

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

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

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