Derrick Young is an operations coordinator for Entergy Mississippi, having joined Entergy 12 years ago. Derrick lives in Greenville with his wife and two daughters. He believes that a fulfilled life is one that focuses on family, faith and community.
Steve Kelly, retired Entergy Mississippi community development manager, has had a deep-rooted love of history since he was a child, inheriting his fascination from his father. “I love history. My dad loved history, and I believe I think that I picked up on this as a kid,” said Steve.
Senior analyst Rock Ingram and his son, Christian, are now enjoying their well-earned summer vacation after a busy school year, where Rock was selected as District Parent of the Year for the Cleveland School district.
On Feb. 20, Charles Hall, vice president of power plant operations for Mississippi, saved the life of a child who nearly drowned. In his humble way, he credits divine intervention and training provided by the company.
Early in March, Ed Porter, industrial account executive, took his daughter Holly to lunch at the well-loved Elite Restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi. While enjoying their meal, Porter noticed another patron choking, hunched over and pointing to her throat. He didn’t hesitate to act. Porter jumped up and successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver, saving her life.
As a large number of employees are or will soon become eligible for retirement, it is important to bring in new blood and train them in the “Entergy Way.” Craft employees are especially important, because they physically keep the lights on for our customers.
Rankin linemen Steve Hammons and Don Smith started off their work day like they had many times before, by stopping at a local gas station for coffee. On this particular October morning, the line was extraordinarily long. Only one cashier was working, and he was having a hard time with what should have been a normal routine.
Eric Luttrell, storekeeper, grew up around Entergy. Doing so not only influenced his career path, it also gave him the name of his catering side project, Little Diamond’s.
In celebration of Veterans Week, today we feature a Louisiana employee who served in the military. Wade Anderson works as a technician at the Nelson Plant in Louisiana. He has been with the company for 34 years. Wade served in the Army as a sergeant from 1973-82. He served three years in active duty and six in active reserve.
In celebration of Veterans Week, today we feature two Entergy Texas employees who served in the military. Mark Butler is a lineman in Navasota and served in the Marines. Ronald Hale is a customer service representative for the Navasota and Huntsville districts. And served in the Army.
In celebration of Veterans Week, today we feature two Entergy Mississippi employees who served in the military. Wilbert Corley is a distribution operations center manager in Jackson, and Rock is an engineer in Cleveland. They both served in the United States Army.
nnnnnEntergy Mississippi Lineman Mark Whitworth doesn’t see his lifesaving actions as anything special, but it takes someone special to do what he did.
The Mississippi Children’s Museum closed for the week of Sept. 7 for its annual Fall Fix-up. During this time, museum staff and community members from across the metro volunteer their time to repair, paint and clean the museum.
After starting their day before sunrise and working eight hours, Entergy Mississippi linemen Dan Sund and Jude Miller and trainee Christian Sullivan finally had a chance to grab lunch after responding to an outage. While finishing their meal, a gentleman at a nearby table started choking. A restaurant employee attempted to assist him, but he quit breathing. That’s when Sund stepped in.
This summer, Entergy Mississippi introduced four high school students to what their future could look like with the “Jobs for Youths” high school internship pilot. The program was developed by George Cossar, customer service representative, Bobby Shipp, line supervisor, and Anna Hughes, regional sourcing recruiter, and focused on students in the northern region. “We wanted to give students the opportunity to see what a great company Entergy is to work for,” said Hughes. “This helps them understand the many career opportunities available to them after they complete technical school or college. An added plus for the students is that the internship will look great on their résumés!”The six-week long internships had the students primarily assisting the storeroom manager. In addition to learning about how the company works and what the materials are, the interns had time to shadow employees who worked in their fields of interest.