Julius Carter Thompson Sr.

Rev. Julius C. Thompson, Sr. known affectionately as “Brother” Thompson, passed away August 22, 2024. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on August 27, 2024, at The Chapel of First Baptist Church Jackson, MS. Visitation will begin one hour before the service.

Rev. Thompson was born on October 8, 1931, in Morton, MS. He became a Christian at age 14, was baptized at Leesburg Baptist Church, and left an amazing Christian legacy. He is a graduate of Branch High School, Clarke College, Mississippi College, and New Orleans Baptist Seminary, and he attended Vanderbilt University.

He married Margaret Carolyn Wood of Hattiesburg, MS in 1957. The Thompsons were blessed with two children and five grandchildren.

Rev. Thompson pastored the following churches: Winn Baptist Jackson, AL (1950-51), Pleasant Grove Baptist (1950-51), Liberty Baptist (1950-52), Sardis Baptist (1952-53), First Baptist Polkville (1951-54), Bowie Street Baptist in Hattiesburg, MS (1954-57), Hollywood Baptist in Memphis, TN (1957-61), Dalewood Baptist in Nashville, TN (1961-71), First Baptist Church Rockville, MD (1971-74), Ridgecrest Baptist in Jackson, MS (1974-81).

From 1981-2000, Rev. Thompson served as Director of Church Administration Pastoral Ministries at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board. After he retired, he served as a Professor and Director of the New Orleans Baptist Seminary Extension Center at Broadmoor Baptist Church in Madison, MS.

Rev. Thompson was very active in community and denominational ministries. He taught theology for the Seminary Extension Department, Memphis, in 1959-60, was Moderator, Nashville Baptist Association (1967-68), Member of the Baptist Sunday School Board (1965-71), Recording Secretary for the Sunday School Board (1966-67), and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Rev. Thompson served on the Faculty at Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly and Chairman of the Credentials Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. He served as a member of the Executive Board for the Baptist Convention of Maryland and President of the Board (1973-74). Rev. Thompson was a member of the Christian Action Commission, Mississippi Baptist Convention (1974-81) and Moderator of the Hinds-Madison Association (1979-80).

Rev. Thompson is preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Alma Thompson, four brothers, Felix Thompson, Jimmy Joe Thompson, William “Buddy” Thompson, and Shelby Thompson, and two sisters, Catherine Shoemaker and Laura Barnes. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Wood Thompson, his two children, Julius Carter Thompson, Jr (Wendy) of Ridgeland and Melanie Thompson Hodge (David) of Meridian, five grandsons, Alston Thompson, Graham Hodge, Marshall Hodge, Keith Thompson, and Carter Thompson, who were the light of his life, and two sisters, Oleta Cooper and Peggy Huggins.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to First Baptist Church of Jackson or New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.