Lamison is an unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States, located along

Alabama State Route 5 State Route 5 (SR 5) is a north–south state highway in western Alabama, United States. While it once extended – prior to the renumbering of the highways of Alabama in 1957– from Mobile north to the Tennessee state line, and was one of the ...

Geography

Lamison is located at and has an elevation of .

Notable person

* Leonard W. Thornhill, naval aviator who participated in the sinking of the

Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō ''Shōhō'' (Japanese: 祥鳳, "Auspicious Phoenix" or "Happy Phoenix") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Originally built as the submarine support ship ''Tsurugizaki'' in the late 1930s, she was converted before the P ...

and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. USS Thornhill (DE-195) was named in his honor.

References

Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Wilcox County, Alabama {{WilcoxCountyAL-geo-stub