William I. S. Thompson

William Isaac Shelby Thompson was born on November 24, 1936, in Jackson, Mississippi.^[1] He was the son of Jackson mayor and Mississippi legislator Allen C. Thompson.^[2] He graduated from Central High School, the University of Mississippi, and Millsaps College.^[1][3][4] He was a life insurance salesman.^[1] He also was a pilot and flight instructor.^[3][4] In 1964, he was inaugurated to the Mississippi House of Representatives as one of the Hinds County representatives.^[1] His term ended in 1968.^[1] He died on November 24, 1993, when his single-engine airplane crashed near Bruce Campbell Field in Madison County, Mississippi.^[3][4][5]