TVPPA Membership
Honorary Members
2023
Mike Bolin, Knoxville Utilities Board, Knoxville, TN
Dr. Michael Browder, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services, Bristol, TN
Danny Brawner, Carroll County Electric Department, Huntingdon, TN
Jim Ferrell, Jackson Energy Authority, Jackson, TN
Eddie Howard, Alcorn County EPA, Corinth, MS
Decosta Jenkins, Nashville Electric Service, Nashville, TN
George Kitchens, Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation, Trinity, AL
Tom Suggs, Middle Tennessee Electric, Murfreesboro, TN
Tim Wigginton, Tishomingo County Electric Power Association, Luka, MS
Greg Williams, Appalachian Electric Cooperative, New Market, TN
2022
Rody Blevins, Volunteer Energy Cooperative, Decatur, TN
Regie Castellaw, Brownsville Energy Authority, Brownsville, TN
Faron Collins, Weakley County Electric System, Martin, TN
David Crowell, Shelbyville Power System, Shelbyville, TN
Todd Gale, Columbus Light & Water, Columbus, MS (posthumous)
Terry Kemp, Starkville Utilities, Starkville, MS
Mike Manning, Cullman Power Board, Cullman, AL
William Rogers, Caney Fork Electric Cooperative, McMinnville, TN
Ronny Rowland, Prentiss County Electric Power Association, Booneville, MS
2021
Jerry Bailey, Union City Energy Authority, Union City, TN
Raymond Barnes, Benton County Electric System, Benton, TN
Roger Caldwell, Winchester Utility System, Winchester, TN
Jimmy Gregory, Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation, Carthage, TN
William Long, Tombigbee Electric Power Association, Tupelo, MS
Randell Meyers, Powell Valley Electric Cooperative, New Tazwell, TN
William Ray, Glasgow Electric Plant Board, Glasgow, KY
Brian Sanders, Aberdeen Electric Department, Aberdeen, MS
Jack Suggs, Oak Ridge Electric Department, Oak Ridge TN
Justin Sullivan, City of Okolona Electric Department, Okolona, MS
Joseph Thacker, Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc., Mountain City, TN
Rob Toney, City of Elizabethton Electric Department, Elizabethton, TN
2020
Bill Carroll, Greeneville Energy Authority, Greeneville, TN
John Collins, Chickasaw Electric Cooperative, Somerville, TN
Johnny Fortune, Bolivar Energy Authority, Bolivar, TN
Robert Gardner, Springfield Department of Electricity, Springfield, TN
Chuck Howell, Pontotoc Electric Power Association, Pontotoc, MS
Richard Morrissey, City of Florence Utilities, Florence, AL
Scott Ramsey, Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation, Bowling Green, KY
Mike Simpson, Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative, Rainsville, AL
Michael Watson, Duck River Electric Membership Cooperation, Shelbyville, TN
Kenny Wiggins, City of Alcoa Electric Department, Alcoa, TN
2019
A.H. Akins, Arab EC, Arab, AL
Joe Cade, 4-County EPA, Columbus, MS
Jim Coode, Cumberland EMC, Clarksville, TN.
Norma Kilgore, Natchez Trace EPA, Houston, MS
Tony Peek, Cookeville, TN, DE
Mintha Roach, Knoxville, TN, UB
Grady Smith, Cullman, AL, EC
Bill Young, Harriman, TN, UB
2018
John Burt, Philadelphia, MS, Utilities
Jerry Collins, Memphis, TN, LG&W
Jack Simmons, TVPPA
Jim Stewart, Marshall-DeKalb EC
Tommy Troup, EPB of Guntersville, AL
Joe Van Bunch, Arab EC
Paul Long, Central EPA
2017
Robert Bettis, Sweetwater, TN, UB*
Danny Brisendine, Ft. Payne, AL, IA
John Carringer, Murphy, NC, PB*
Austin Carroll, Hopkinsville, KY, ES
Harold DePriest, Chattanooga, TN, EPB
John Etheridge, Paris, TN, BPU
Robert Grisham, Tishomingo County EPA, Iuka, MS
Rick Harrell, Sevier County, TN, ES
Wayne Henson, East Mississippi EPA, Meridian, MS
Michael Meek, PES Energize, Pulaski, TN
Lynn Mills, Loudon, TN, Utilities*
Jim Nanney, Alcorn County EPA, Corinth, MS
Steve Sax, Murfreesboro, TN, ED
David Scarbrough, Milan, TN, DPU
David Thornton, Tuscumbia, AL, Utilities
Eddie Tramel, Alcoa, TN, ED
Ken Webb, Cleveland, TN, Utilities
*Posthumous
2016
Frank Welch, City of Dayton, TN, ED
L.R. West, Sparta, TN, E&PW
Harold “Hal” Womble, Meriwether Lewis EC
2015
Lynn Compton, Carroll County ED
Karl Dudley, Pickwick EC
Larry Elkins, Holston EC
Eston Glover, Pennyrile RECC
Don Hollingsworth, Holly Springs, MS, ED
Bob Matheny, Sequachee Valley EC
Tony Swan, Amory, MS, W&E
Richard Turner, Lewisburg, TN, ES
Harold Willis, Forked Deer EC
Bill Pippin, Huntsville, AL, Utilities
2014
Jim Allison, Duck River EMC
Robert Collier, NE MS EPA
Steve DeFoor, Russellville, AL, EB
Ron Hutchins, North GA EMC
Ricky Thomas, Muscle Shoals, AL, EB
Tom Wheeler, Cleveland, TN, Utilities
Larry Wilcutt, Russellville, KY, EPB
2013
Gray Cassity, Benton, KY, ES
Bill Draper, Gallatin, TN, DE
Homer G’Fellers, Johnson City, TN, PB
Robert Hagewood, Covington, TN, ES
Frank Jennings, Middle Tennessee EMC
Lynn Robbins, Oxford, MS, ED
Ferrell Vest, Hartselle, AL, Utilities
Lee Baker, Newport, TN, UB
Tom Kilgore, TVA
2012
Chuck Flora, Harriman, TN, UB
Stan Little, Humboldt, TN, Utilities
Jim Clark, Columbia, TN, P&W
Sam Buchanan, Tippah EPA, Ripley, MS
2011
Ron Fugatt, Newport, TN Utilities Board
Danny Wheeler, Jackson, TN, Energy Authority
Joe Newman, Water Valley, MS, ED
Edd Hattaway, Starkville, MS, ES
Jimmy Williamson, Dyersburg, TN, ES
Bill Underwood, Appalachian EC, New Market, TN
Harold Smith, New Albany, MS, Light, Gas & Water
Allegra Brigham, 4-County EPA, Columbus, MS
2010
David Falls, Tri-State EMC, McCaysville, GA
Jack Fox, Southwest TN EMC, Brownsville, TN
Paul Harris, Chickasaw EC, Somerville, TN
Larry Musick, Franklin, KY, EPB
Fred Nelson, Lenoir City, TN, UB
Joe Satterfield, Blue Ridge EMC, Young Harris, GA
2009
Carl Brandt, Upper Cumberland EMC, Carthage, TN
Glen McCullough, Former TVA Chairman
James Peeler, Dickson, TN, ED
John Seale, Plateau EC, Oneida, TN
Ken Spradlin, CDE Lightband, Clarksville, TN
Carl Wilson, Cumberland EMC, Clarksville, TN
2008
Dewel Brasher, West Point, MS, ES
Hubert Elliott, Monroe County EPA, Amory MS
Gerald Hayes, Warren RECC, Bowling Green, KY
Hubert King, Caney Fork EC, McMinnville, TN
Tommy Lee Kirkpatrick, Louisville, MS, Utilities
Bob Long, Fort Loudoun EC, Vonore, TN
Charles Perry, Paris, TN, BPUB
Alan Richardson, APPA
Wayne Rogers, Sparta, TN, ES
John Sharpe, Brownsville, TN, Utility Dept.
Bill Swan, Morristown, TN, UC
2007
Joe Boehms, Natchez Trace EPA, Houston, MS
Howard Brown, Erwin, TN, Utilities
Fred Hayslett, Columbus, MS, Light & Power
Larry Kirk, Murfreesboro, TN, Electric Dept.
Joe Loggins, Tullahoma, TN, BPU
Doyle Walters, Johnson City, TN, Power Board
John Williams, Jackson, TN, Energy Authority
2006
Jimmy Barnett, Sheffield, AL, Utilities
Bill Buchanan, Volunteer Energy Cooperative
Wayne Roach, Sweetwater, TN, Utilities
2005
Richard C. Crawford, TVPPA
2004
John Hall, Natchez Trace EPA
Jim White, Gibson EMC
2003
Jim Baker, Middle Tennessee EMC
2002
Mike Alderdice, West Kentucky RECC
Jim Allen, Tombigbee EPA
Bill Austin, Franklin EPB
Ray Azbell, Sheffield PW&G
Ken Baxter, Chattanooga EPB
Joe Beavers, Cleveland Utilities
Jerry L. Campbell, TVPPA
Ed Cobb, Huntsville Utilities
Don Collette, McMinnville ES
Floyd Ellis, Warren RECC
Joe Exum, Jackson Energy Authority
Elvin Farrar, North Georgia EMC
Charles Grissom, Duck River EMC
Sam Head, Columbus L&W
Bill Huddleston, Ft. Loudoun EC
Jim McCune, Monticello EPB
Howard McClanahan, Florence ED
Roy Palk, Upper Cumberland EMC
Alex Radin, APPA
John Edd Walker, West Kentucky RECC
Tom Wheeler, Sr., Marshall-DeKalb EC
Hubert Williams, Southwest TN EMC
Billie Wright, Amory W&E