- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Southern Rivers Energy historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Lamar County
Electric cooperatives--Georgia--Lamar County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Lamar County, Barnesville, 33.05457, -84.15575
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 341 about two miles south of Barnesville, at Southern Rivers Energy (the renamed Lamar EMC)
Text of marker: "Southern Rivers Energy A Touchstone Energy® Cooperative. LAMAR ELECTRICAL MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION INCORPORATING BOARD OF DIRECTORSR. REA Project 75 was chartered in February 1937 and was energized August 11, 1938, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It became Lamar Electric Membership Corporation. This day, January 23, 2005, as we change the name to Southern Rivers Energy, the board of directors and membership dedicated this cooperative to the incorporating board of directors for their dedication to community and their foresight and diligence in making this cooperative an asset to its members and the community it serves. H.L. Smith, President O.L.Carter, Vice President A.N. Moye, Secretary E.C. Milner, Treasurer J.E. Ballard, Sr. H.L. Brandenburg C.J. Childs W.H. Dunn W.P. Elder W.Y. Andrews, Manager H.J. Kennedy, Sr., Attorney" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_southern-rivers-energy
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_southern-rivers-energy
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
