Thomas Norman Brooks

Thomas Norman Brooks was born on August 23, 1924, in Walnut Grove, Mississippi.[1] He graduated from Freeny High School and Millsaps College.[1] He fought in the U. S. Army in World War II and received a Purple Heart.[2] He represented Leake County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1952 to 1960.[3][1] He then became a member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 17th district in the 1960–1964 term.[4][1] He returned to the Senate in 1968, and served until 1985.[1][2] In 1984, he became the president pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate.[2][5] However, in 1985, he was convicted for influence peddling, and spent 2+1⁄2 years in a minimum-security prison in Alabama.[2] He died on September 23, 1992, in Freeny, Leake County, Mississippi.[2]