Background
Thompson, Morris King was born on September 1, 1928 in Dexter, Missouri, United States. Son of Hugh N. and M. Frances (King) Thompson.
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Thompson, Morris King was born on September 1, 1928 in Dexter, Missouri, United States. Son of Hugh N. and M. Frances (King) Thompson.
Student, Delta State University, 1950. Student, Ringling School Art, 1955.
Interior designer Sid Jones, Inc., Jackson, Mississippi, 1955-1957. Owner Morris Thompson Associates, since 1957. Member advisory board, guest lecturer College Architect Miss State University, 1982-1986.
Advisory board University Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, since 1985. Louisiana Purchasing Agents Association, Mississippi Purchasing Agents Association.
Assistant scout master Boy Scouts American, 1958-1962. Manager, coach Little League Baseball, 1963-1969. Board directors Northside Young Men’s Christian Association, 1965-1967.
Committee chairman United Givers and Heart Fund, 1968-1969. Chairman Toys for Tots, 1967-1970. President Murrah High School Parent-Teachers Association, 1973-1974.
Member evaluation board for accreditation Murrah High School, 1974-1975, all in Jackson. Served to lieutenant colonel United States Marine Corps, 1951-1954, Korea. Member American Institute Interior Designers (board directors Louisiana, national committee 1985, citation 1982-1983), Commercial Interior Design Guild (founde, president 1978).
Married Jean Rutledge Walters, February 16, 1951. Children: Rebecca Thompson McMillian, Morris K. Junior, G. Walters, Frances Thompson Bowles, Spencer W.