Wesley S. Thompson (1907–1978)

He attended Freed-Hardeman College in Henderson, Chester County, Tennessee. He later obtained his Bachelors degree from Southwestern College in Oklahoma. In 1944 he received his Master's Degree from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.

Wesley was a minister of the Church of Christ for four decades. He was also a history Professor at Mississippi State College, Starkville, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, Calhoun College, Decatur, Calhoun County, Alabama, and Bevill State College in Fayette, Fayette County, Alabama.

He was the author of Tories of the Hills, a book about Northern Alabama during the Civil War. It addresses the divided loyalties of many of the families during that time. Thompson wrote of how the "Free State of Winston" came about. Many families wanted to be neutral, but were forced to either side with the Union or the Confederacy. There were many horrors done upon both sides of the conflict.

Wesley S. Thompson II also served as President of the Alabama Writers' Conclave while living in Winfield, Marion County, Alabama. His other books are So Turns the Tide, Royal Gypsies, and two books on The Revelation.