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Mr. A. W. Thompson was the Director Emeritus of the Board of Directors of
the Bank of Ruston. We would like to tribute this article to him as we
remember his numerous contributions to the banking industry in the Ruston
area.
Mr. Thompson was the President of Ruston Building & Loan from 1975 to 1992
and retired after a career in the banking industry in North Louisiana. Mr.
Thompson graduated from Louisiana Tech University in 1936 with a B.S. in
Business. He began his banking career with Commercial National Bank in
Shreveport, and then served in the United States Army in World War II. He
returned to the banking industry after World War II and continued to serve
in various capacities at First National Bank in Ruston prior to joining
Ruston Building & Loan.
As
Mrs. Thompson would sometimes say, He would do the head work, and I would
do the leg work! Mr. Thompson was married for 73 years to Mrs. Screven
Williamson Thompson at the time of his passing. Mr. Thompson was a long
time member of the Rotary Club of Ruston as well as Trinity United Methodist
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