Keeping Current

Jim joined Georgia Power in 1949 as a student engineer, joining the transmission line crew in Rome, Ga. He later moved to Macon, where he held several positions, including Lighting engineer and Residential Sales supervisor. In 1962, he moved to Atlanta for the same role in Residential Sales and was eventually promoted to Division Manager for the whole Atlanta region, which included Sales and Operations. Later, when Atlanta broke into two different divisions - East Metro and West Metro – he became VP of the East Metro division where he retired in 1988 after 38 years of service.

It was his service during World War II, however, that makes him stand out among Georgia Power retirees and his contemporaries. After enlisting in the Army to support America’s troops in the war at only 18, he attended basic training in Little Rock, Ark. The Army sent him to Germany in 1944 where he served on the front lines as a Branded Automatic Rifle (BAR) man in the 26th Infantry Division, which was sent as reinforcements for soldiers lost in the Battle of the Bulge.