Alabama Power Lineman Tradition Goes Back Generations

Alabama News Center | May 29, 2018 @ 5:00 am

By Jacki Lowry

With 6,600 employees across the state, sometimes employment at Alabama Power is a family affair.

For David Mims, being a lineman is a tradition. The fourth-generation employee holds a great sense of pride for his family’s history with the company.

Mims, an Oak Grove line crew foreman, shares this pride with his older brother, Jackie, a local operations lineman in Oak Grove. The brothers started one year apart nearly 38 years ago, following in the footsteps of their father, grandfather and great-grandfather.After 36-years with the company, David Mims’ responsibilities include the construction and maintenance of all distribution lines in the Oak Grove area. Mims said it’s been a blessing to watch how innovation has changed his job over time.

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