Editing Thomson, Georgia (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Zebedee Armstrong]], [[outsider art]]ist
*[[Casper Brinkley]], former [[defensive end]] for the NFL's [[Carolina Panthers]]
*[[Jasper Brinkley]], [[linebacker]] for the NFL's [[New York Giants]]
*[[Vonteego Cummings]], former professional [[basketball]] guard, played in the [[NBA]] and the [[Euroleague Basketball|Euroleague]]
*[[Darius Eubanks]], [[linebacker]] for the NFL'S [[Dallas Cowboys]]
*[[Ray Guy]], [[NFL]] punter for the [[Oakland Raiders]] and namesake of the [[Ray Guy Award]], presented each year to college football's top punter. He is the first and only punter admitted to the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]].
*[[Richard E. Hawes]], Navy admiral, World War II hero, and namesake of guided missile frigate ''USS Hawes''
*[[Eddie Lee Ivery]], [[running back]] for the [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]] and the [[Green Bay Packers]]
*[[Millie Jackson]], R & B singer
*[[Franklin Langham]], [[PGA Tour]] golfer (1992–2005)
*Dr. [[Wendell Logan]], jazz composer and [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] recipient.  Dr. Logan established the jazz department at the [[Oberlin Conservatory of Music]]
*[[Jerry Mays (running back)|Jerry Mays]], [[running back]] for the [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]] and the [[San Diego Chargers]]
*[[Blind Willie McTell]], singer and blues musician, wrote "[[Statesboro Blues]]". Thomson sponsors an annual blues festival in his honor
*[[Chris Mohr]], NFL punter for the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]], [[Buffalo Bills]] and [[Atlanta Falcons]] (1989–2004); published songwriter
*Rev. [[Romulus Moore]], one of the first African-American legislators in the Georgia State Assembly, and one of the founding fathers of the civil rights movement.
*Brothers [[Paschal's|Robert Paschal and James Paschal]], notable Atlanta restaurateurs and civil rights advocates
*[[Ken Roberson (choreographer)|Ken Roberson]], [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[choreographer]] noted for his work in the 2004 [[Tony Award]]-winning "[[Avenue Q]]" and "[[All Shook Up]];" movie credits as choreographer include [[HBO]]'s "[[Lackawanna Blues]]" and independent film "Preaching to the Choir"
*[[Thomas E. Watson|Tom Watson]], U.S. senator, Populist Party leader, and renowned orator of the late 19th century.  Noted for establishing [[Rural Free Delivery]], which set up rural mail service for the nation