Jeanne I. Thompson

Thompson was born in Nassau to Ellison and Sybil (Isaccs) Thompson.^[2] She attended public schools in Nassau.^[2] After she graduated from the Government High School, Nassau she attended a Wolmer's boarding school in Kingston, Jamaica.^[2][3]

Thompson joined the English Bar in 1964 and the Bahamas Bar in 1965.^[4] She began her legal career with Dupuch & Turnquest working under Eugene Dupuch and Orville Turnquest. Later, Thompson joined the law firm of Kendal Isaacs and subsequently she became a partner in the firm of Isaacs, Johnson & Thompson.^[4] In 1981 Thompson founded her own firm.

Thompson was a Justice of the Bahamian Supreme Court from 2002 until 2007.^[1][2]

Thompson continues providing legal services through the Bahamas Legal Aid Clinic and as the Consultant Counsel at Halsbury Chambers.^[1]

The Fergusons of Farm Road was 15-minute radio serial written by Thompson and Jamaican Sonia Mills that premiered in 1970 and ran on ZNS for 137 weeks.^[2][3] Thompson created the show at the request of Clement Maynard, who at the time was the Minister of Tourism, to improve Bahamian attitudes towards tourists.^[3] The program was a combination of education and entertainment and showed Bahamian nationals as au natural for the first time in Bahamian broadcasting history.^[3]  It was performed by an all-Bahamian actors, Charles Bowleg as Zeke, Miriam Johnson as Mina, Lilian Collie as Miss Lye, Eddie Minnis as Sam, Calvin Cooper as the bishop, and Heather Thompson as Blossom.^[3] The script had biblical allusions similar to themes used by the Progressive Liberal Party.^[3]

Thompson worked as a journalist at The Nassau Guardian from 1974 to 1978.^[2][4] In her column, “Satirically Speaking”, she used the characters “Zeke and Sophie” to comment on political, social and economic issues.^[2]