- Date Of Birth: December 5, 1921
- Date Of Death: October 31, 2018
- State: Mississippi
Jack Waddell Thomson, age 96, passed away peacefully at his home in Carriere, Mississippi in the early morning hours of Wednesday October 31, 2018 after a long struggle with the inexorable advance of old age. He was born December 5, 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Nancy Alice Morrison Thomson and Jack Waddell Thomson, Sr.. He was preceded in death by his first wife of thirty-four years, Fannie Favalora Thomson. He graduated from Alcee Fortier High School in 1938 and attended Tulane University until he joined the Army Air Corps after the attack on Pearl Harbor serving as co-pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress assigned to the 390th Bomber Group in Framlingham, England. Between 1944 and 1945 he flew 35 combat missions over Germany. For his service he was awarded the Air Medal and Presidential Unit Citation among other medals. Upon return to the U.S. he continued his undergraduate study at Tulane. In 1951 the received his LL.B degree which was retroactively reissued as a J.D. degree in 1969.. He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and in later years was awarded the Order of Constantine. Among his civic pursuits he most enjoyed his affiliation with the New Orleans Chapter of Young Audiences, the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony Society and the Louisiana Youth Concerts.. He was a long time member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church and Christ Church Cathedral serving on both vestries. In 2004 he moved to Carriere and became a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Picayune, Mississippi.. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Picayune, Mississippi..
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