Garfield Thompson

Background

Thompson, Garfield was born on June 29, 1916 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of Ernest Sidney Junior and Mallener (Cox) Thompson.

Education

Graduated from the high school, Fort Worth.

Career

With Burlington-Rock Island R.R. County courthouse custodian. Member Texas House of Representatives, 1984—1994.

Chairman budget and oversight liquor regulation committee Texas House of Representatives, member appropriations committee, local and consent calendars committee, select committee on child abuse and pornography, vice chairman budget and oversight committee on transportation, vice chairman liquor regulation committee, interim committee on petroleum, oil and gas regulations, transportation standing committee, licensing and administrative procedures standing committee. President Tarrant County Employees Union. Manpower representative American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Achievements

• Garfield Thompson has been listed as a noteworthy congressman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Executive Committee Texas Area 5 Health Systems Agency. President Tarrant CountyPrecinct Workers Council. Chairman Neighborhood Action, Inc.

Member zoningcommn. City of Fort Worth, member employment committee human relations commission. Member Manpower Planning Council, Fort Worth. Member of advisory commission on adult education Fort Worth Indiana School District.

Chairman deacon board St. Peter Presbyterian Church, president Presbyterian Men. With United States Army, 1942-1945. Member American Legion.

Connections

Married Dorothy Ruth Thompson, 1942. Children: Fannie Louise Gibson, Willie Ruth Jones, Ruby Denise Grant, Ida Lorraine Bridgwater, Ernest Sidney.

Father:

Ernest Sidney Thompson Junior

Mother:

Mallener (Cox) Thompson

Spouse:

Dorothy Ruth Thompson

child:

Fannie Louise Gibson Thompson

child:

Ruby Denise Grant Thompson

child:

Ida Lorraine Bridgwater Thompson

child:

Ernest Sidney Thompson

child:

Willie Ruth Jones Thompson