The Alabama News Center — For Alabama Power’s Marquis Marbury, safety presentation at elementary school has special meaning

By: Mark Kelly

“Hey!”

The happy shout came from one of the 30 or so members of two third grade classes crowded into a small classroom with their teachers and two invited guests. They were assembled as part of an ongoing storm awareness exercise at Childersburg’s A.H. Watwood Elementary School.

“That’s my football coach!” the student completed his exclamation. The visitor he was so pleased to see was Marquis Marbury, a lineman for Alabama Power out of the company’s office in the nearby Talladega County town of Oak Grove.

Before talking about Alabama Power’s role in storm response and the importance of being prepared, Marbury acknowledged his youth sports connection with several of the students or his long acquaintance with some of their parents or other relatives. The interest of most of the others was piqued by another piece of information he shared.

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