Pictured (l tor r) are Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, Rep. Gene Newman, Rep. Tom Weathersby, Rep. Price Wallace, Rep. Fred Shanks, Rep. Lee Yancey, Rep. Tom Miles and Rep. Brent Powell.
Representative Tom Weathersby (R – Florence) got quite the surprise on the floor of the Mississippi House of Representatives recently. While discussing House Bill 266, an amendment was introduced naming the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory after Weathersby. The Rankin County Representative played an instrumental role in getting the state-of-the-art facility to Pearl.
In the main part of the bill, HB 266 names the Department of Public Safety Headquarters after the late Commissioner David R. Huggins. The bill passed as amended by a unanimous vote of 116-0, and Rep. Weathersby received a standing ovation from the House.
Weathersby (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent District 62. He won in the general election on November 5, 2019.
A graduate of Florence High School, Weathersby received a basketball scholarship to Hinds Community College. While there, he earned All-State recognition as a basketball player. He was inducted into the Hinds Sports Hall of Fame and was named 2009 Alumnus of the Year.
Weathersby went on to earn a B.S. from the University of Southern Mississippi, and M.Ed. from Mississippi College.
During the many years Weathersby has participated in the Mississippi legislative sessions, he has served on the following committees: Municipalities (Vice Chair), Appropriations, Education, Insurance, and Public Property (Chair), Ways and Means, Corrections, Banking and Financial Services, House Energy, House Public Property (Chairman), House Insurance, Judiciary A, Management, House Insurance, and Transportation.
Representative Weathersby is a deacon and a Mason and is affiliated with Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Rankin and Copiah Counties Chambers of Commerce, Mississippi Cattlemens’ Association, Kiwanis, ALEC and the NRA.
Representative Weathersby was born July 24, 1944 in Jackson and is married to the former Beverly Cook. He is of the Baptist faith.