[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H2993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING JACK THOMPSON

  (Mr. ADERHOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to honor and to 
recognize Mr. Jack Thompson from Montgomery, Alabama. He passed away on 
Sunday, June 21, 2020, after a full life of 88 years.
  He was born in Colbert County, which is now the Fourth Congressional 
District, in 1932 and remained a resident of the State of Alabama for 
his entire life.
  After graduating from Colbert County High School, Jack married his 
sweetheart, Ruth Hester, at the age of 20, and Jack and Ruth were 
married for 67 years and raised four wonderful children.
  For 31 years, Jack worked for Auburn University Extension Service. 
After retiring, he went on to own a farm in Athens, Alabama, and served 
as assistant commissioner of agriculture alongside my father-in-law, 
who was commissioner at the time, Albert McDonald, from the State of 
Alabama. Then Jack, himself, thereafter was elected commissioner of 
agriculture and industries for 4 years for the State of Alabama.
  Jack is now survived by his four children, David Thompson, Keith 
Thompson, Susan Woodham, and Janice Thompson, and his sister, Ann 
Thomas. He has 11 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.
  Jack will be greatly missed by all his family and friends and all of 
us that knew him. Jack's legacy will live well into the future.

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