During its meeting at the 71st Annual Conference, the TVPPA Board of Directors voted to confer Honorary Memberships on 18 member managers/CEOs who’d either retired or passed away since the 2016 Annual Conference:
• Danny Brisendine (Ft. Payne, AL, IA)
• Austin Carroll (Hopkinsville, KY, ES)
• Harold DePriest (Chattanooga, TN, EPB)
• John Etheridge (Paris, TN, BPU)
• Robert Grisham (Tishomingo Co. EPA, Iuka, MS)
• Rick Harrell (Sevier Co., TN, ES)
• Wayne Henson (East Mississippi EPA, Meridian, MS)
• Michael Meek (PES Energize, Pulaski, TN)
• Jim Nanney (Alcorn Co. 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)
• Frank Welch (Dayton, TN, ED)
Robert Bettis (Sweetwater, TN, UB), John Carringer (Murphy, NC, PB) and Lynn Mills (Loudon, TN, Utilities) were honored posthumously.
According to TVPPA’s bylaws, Honorary Members “have rendered distinguished service” to TVPPA. The 2017 honorees were selected by the same committee charged with selecting the 2017 recipient of the Richard C. Crawford Distinguished Service Award.