POWERGRAMS

46 Postcards to Powergrams Alabama Control Center Power System Coordinator Chris Duensing (above) visited the Birthplace of Jesus: the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route while touring Bethlehem in the West Bank, Palestine. The church built in 565 is a World Heritage Site. Anniston Business Office Customer Service Representative Alecia Doli and her family visited Africa for two weeks. From right to le she stands with her husband, Beh, daughter, Yeli, and son, Sie, in front of the Monument to National Heroes in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Southern Division retiree Max Alexander and his wife, Christine, of Praville, visited Israel where they stand atop the fortress of Masada with the Dead Sea behind them. JOHN A. NAIRMORE Lead lineman, Trussville Crew Headquarters Service: 42 years, 10 months STEVEN HILTON NEWTON Team leader – condition-based maintenance, Gorgas Steam Plant Service: 37 years, five months DEBORAH PATTON Customer care associate, Corporate Headquarters Service: 19 years, two months JAMES A. PRESTWOOD JR. General Services manager, Corporate Headquarters Service: 41 years, two months BRENDA JEAN PUGH General clerk, Thomasville Service: 26 years, nine months HAYES STEPHEN REID Accounting Services analyst, Corporate Headquarters Service: 38 years, seven months JOHN CURTIS ROCK Materialman, Gardendale Crew Headquarters Service: 40 years, seven months GEORGE D. ROYSTER JR. Plant control operator, Power System Facilities Development, Gaston Steam Plant Service: 42 years, four months JIM R. SANDERS Compliance and contracts coordinator, Corporate Headquarters Service: 35 years, six months CHARLES STEPHEN SCOTT Local operations lineman, Clanton Service: 42 years, 11 months CHARLOTTE ANN SHIRLEY Administrative assistant, Western Division Office Service: 34 years L.F. SIMMONS Hydro manager, Smith Dam Service: 43 years, five months MICHAEL DEAN STANLEY Engineer, Gorgas Steam Plant Service: 37 years, four months STEVEN D. THORNTON Plant control operator, Gaston Steam Plant Service: 40 years, 10 months WILLIAM ALLEN TIDWELL Engineer, Corporate Headquarters Service: 42 years, nine months RICHARD O. WATTS Distribution Control Center supervisor, Southern Division Complex Service: 38 years, 10 months TERRY L. WIGGINS Operations team leader, Gorgas Steam Plant Service: 41 years, three months JAMES MICHAEL WILLIAMS Distribution support specialist, Western Division Office Service: 45 years, three months LYNDOL EDGAR WILLIAMSON Risk management supervisor, Southern Division Office Service: 41 years RICHARD STEVEN WILLIS Safety and Health regulatory principal, Corporate Headquarters Service: 33 years, four months JOHN ROBERT WOMACK JR. Timekkeper and materialman, Corporate Headquarters – Power Delivery Field Forces Service: 32 years, two months CATHY N. WYATT General clerk, Anniston Service: 30 years, three months KATHRYN ANN YARBROUGH Government affairs analyst, Corporate Headquarters Service: 35 years, nine months

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